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MySQL buy will help Sun shine brighter in database market

Jeremy Kirk -
Purchase will support open source Web application platform and end speculations that MySQL is going publicrn

The open source experience

Vawn Himmelsbach -
Our series concludes with a look at where enterprises are using non-proprietary software. Looks like those traditional IT infrastructure projects were just the beginning
rnPart II: The open source decision
rnPart I: The open source attitude

Will the enterprise open up?

Vawn Himmelsbach -
Open source software is becoming mainstream, but it's still the market underdog. Info-Tech Indaba surveyed Canadian and American organizations on attitudes toward open source, finding both similarities and differences

Open source is not an either/or issue

Russell McOrmond -
The results of the Info-Tech survey may depend on how users understood the questions

The open source decision

Vawn Himmelsbach -
special report The second installment of our three-part series looks at the differences in adoption rates between the enterprise and small and medium-sized businesses
rnPart One: The open source attitude

Open source software still fighting FUD

Curtis Gittens -
It has been almost 16 years since Linux version 0.01 was released, and since then the open source OS, and many other open source products, have proven themselves invaluable productivity tools and platforms.

The open source attitude

Vawn Himmelsbach -
special report In the first of a three-part series, we offer a comparative look at how firms in the U.S. and Canada decide which software model works for their enterprises

Open source is still fighting against fear

Curtis Gittens -
They may have created great software, but the community has to watch how it communicates

A standard form of confusion

Evan Leibovitch -
Microsoft's Office Open XML specification is bloated and unworkable. Only Microsoft can fully satisfy it

GPL Version 3 divides open source community

Grant Buckler -
MySQL is sticking with the old one. HP is worried about patent provisions. Even Linus Torvalds is questioning the DRM clauses

Companies welcome the open source incursion

Grant Buckler -
Linux is just one application in the vast open source ecosystem that companies are increasingly turning to for a lower-cost alternative to many of their IT needs

AlterPoint makes its tool open source

Grant Buckler -
Network management company has set out to build an open-source community around network inventory management tools.

Microsoft partners with Novell on open source

Shane Schick -
Co-operation between vendors does not mean end to rivalry: Ballmer

Sometimes, more than just the content needs to be managed

Evan Leibovitch -
It takes a reasonably hardcore IT person to love an operating system.

McAfee’s take on open source a case of insecurity

Shane Schick -
Company's magazine warns of role open source development can play in the creation of malicious software
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