Open Source Development News & More


Dell Joins Microsoft-Novell Alliance

Computer vendor to offer SuSE Linux Enterprise solution, along with Ubuntu Linux version.

Getting Ready for JavaOne 2007

This week's event for Java developers promises a beefed-up agenda and much more on open-source development.

Open Source Goals Outlined in Report

A hybrid approach to software development, combining the best of open-source and proprietary methods, may be emerging, according to members of the Open Source Think Tank.

VMware Workstation 6.0 to Include Vista Support, New Dev Tools

Programmers can clean up code within a virtual machine (VM) directly from Visual Studio using latest VMware release (article courtesy of Redmond Developer News, May 1, 2007).

Red Hat Enhances SOA/Platform Strategy

Recent deals aimed at boosting its enterprise open source software platform.

Build an xajax App With Oracle Database 10g

Your how-to guide for working with xajax.

Open Source Slowly Gains Momentum on Wall Street

Finance companies seek more mature open-source solutions that will meet legal requirements, among other concerns.

Adobe Takes Flex SDK Open Source

Move aimed at boosting use of Adobe's Flash-based development environment for rich Internet applications.

Red Hat Takes Steps To Enhance SOA/Platform Strategy

Recent deals aimed at boosting its enterprise open-source software platform.

MySQL Offers Enterprise Partner Program

Incentives offered to generate sales of open-source database product.

OSA To Push Open-Source Enterprise Apps

New organization lays out its agenda for an open-source alternative to proprietary enterprise software.

Talend Enhances Open-Source Data Integration App

Version 2.0 of the free application now includes Java language generation and expanded ELT support.

Google Will Host Global Developer Event May 31

Google hosts event for developers of Web-based applications who use the company's open-source development kit.

Understanding XML Query Standards

The W3C grants Recommendation status to XQuery, the XML query language designed to do for Web services what SQL did for relational databases. (Article courtesy of Redmond Developer News.)

Tapping the SaaS Potential

Robert Carr, Keep and Share's CEO, talks about the Web as a delivery mechanism for software and services. (Article courtesy of Redmond Developer News.)