Open Source Development News & More


Open Source Gains Edge in Alfresco Survey

Company survey of its members finds Linux preferred over Windows for software deployments.

PrismTech To Offer Mission-Critical SOA Solution

The company's DDS-based solution adds quality-of-service and scalability to service-oriented architectures (SOAs).

Enterprise Open Source Gets Some Guidance

Resources are springing up to connect businesses with best-of-breed open source solutions.

SOA News: Iona's Open Source Initiative

Last week, companies announced various product deals and developments in the service-oriented architecture (SOA) space. The big news was an open source play by Iona Technologies.

IBM Loosens Its Open Standards Patent Rights

Company aims to increase software interoperability by not asserting rights to more than 150 Web technology patents.

Openbravo Seeks Partners on Open Source ERP

Spanish company launches program to build international partner base.

Microsoft Rejects Latest Open Source License

GPLv3 causes rift between Microsoft, Novell.

OpenLogic Beefs Up Open Source Offerings

Company aims to provide technical support, documentation and indemnification for corporate users of open source software.

W3C Releases Web Services Protocol

The new WSDL 2.0 protocol adds standardization and better interoperability for Web services and service-oriented architectures.

Massachusetts Considering Microsoft's New Document Format

Open XML acceptance would open door to Office documents.

JBoss Tools Project to Get Exadel Plug-Ins

Red Hat adds Exadel Eclipse plug-ins as an open source resource through its JBoss Tools project.

Eclipse's Second Synchronized Project Release

Find out what's in store for this year's synchronized Eclipse project release.

Terracotta Adds to IBM WebSphere Support

Latest release of open source Java scalability solution runs on the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition.

Mule ESB Partner Program Launched

Program seeks to build partner community around open source enterprise service bus technology.

Quest Buying ScriptLogic

The $90M deal expected to boost Quest's position in the Windows client and server space.