New features on the newest version should continue the momentum for this open source software upstart.
He's posted this open source code to GitHub, a popular resource for programmers who like to share what they create.
So this open source software we're trying to build would allow you to essentially flash SIM cards and distribute them to people.
"Sun is doing more and more with being a provider of open source in this enterprise infrastructure space, " says Raven Zachary, an open-source analyst at 451 Group.
At this event the open source community just jumped into the drivers seat for the next major wave of technology disruption, enablement, and adoption.
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Again, this was an open-source, unclassified email about a posting on a Facebook site.
Programming works this way, too, and this is why the open source community is so important.
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Think of this as the open-source FDA. Already outsiders have pinpointed valid safety issues, such as Vioxx.
This free, open-source program offers a spyware- and nuisance-free installation.
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This is basically the Open Source concept, where sites like IdeaScale facilitate the outsourcing of application development to the Internet community in the form of an open call.
This is an example of the open source generosity I mentioned above.
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"All of the output from this project will be released open-source, the DNA constructs, the plants etc, " it said on its website.
In this case, proprietary and open-source code come head to head.
Bringing this experience with search and the open source community to bear on emerging big data needs, LucidWorks launched in May a big data beta project.
"This makes Sun a major open-source vendor, and it will have a major pricing impact on the traditional vendors, " says Donald Feinberg, an analyst with Gartner.
This event is following the popular hackathon format where people come together in an open source type of way to solve problems, in this case, in American cities, communities, and states.
It is at this last stage that the Drupal Gardens Open Source SaaS model really saves the day.
Creative projects have a life of their own, and this is nowhere more clearly demonstrated than by open source software.
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"We are hoping that the open-source community will embrace this and that the Linux community will a build a better Linux, " said IBM spokeswoman Lisa Lanspery.
This is a lot like the software business before open source became a force: everything is locked down and shut tight.
By contributing this innovation, HP unleashes the creativity of the open source community to advance a new generation of applications and devices.
This space is a cooperative battleground between the commercial open source world of Hadoop and the enterprise vendors such as EMC Greenplum, Teradata Aster, HP Vertica, IBM Neteeza, and many others.
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This situation sounds improbable, but it's how open source software development takes place.
With all of the open source social media tools now available, this is easier than I expected: I ask a question on LinkedIn and get an answer from an expert (instead of spending five hours googling my brains out).
Companies as diverse as activity streaming platform SocialCast (recently bought by VMWare), IBM, start-ups like Huddle, Box, behemoth SAP, Microsoft, Moxie, Jive, CISCO, Nortel, old platforms like SocialText, old web platforms like Broadvision, Alfresco from open source, are competing for attention in this space.
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Microsoft' also adding code samples to its Kinect for Windows development site (CodePlex), making this the first such code from Microsoft available in an open-source channel.
Most of the firms peddling this model, such as Amazon and Google, use open-source software, since having to pay licensing fees would make the business unprofitable.
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This is the basis of the sharing, networking, open-source, peer-to-peer economies now emerging in crowd-funding, such as by MOSAIC, community currencies, credit unions and cooperatives (which employ more people worldwide than all global corporations combined).
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