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As more and more touch based devices flood the market, open source community is looking for support to such devices in the Linux distros. Ubuntu is almost ready to take on the proliferation of such devices in their upcoming Ubuntu 10.10.10 (Maverick Meercat Release) in October of this year. In a mail sent to Multi-Touch [...]
Simon Wardley, a researcher at the Leading Edge Forum at CSC, gave a phenomenal talk at OSCON 10 this week. Irrespective of whether you are associated with Open Source or Cloud Computing, you may find this talk extremely useful. Anyone interested in understanding the lifecycle of an organization and how they can surf the winds [...]
According to InfoWorld Canonical is preparing a version of the Ubuntu OS for tablet computers as the company looks to extend its presence in the mobile space, a company executive said. Tablets with the Ubuntu OS could become available late in winter 2011, said Chris Kenyon, Canonical’s vice president of OEM services. The OS will [...]
It is now well known how Open Data plays a vital role in creating an open society. There are many instances where open data has played a crucial role in ensuring fairness in a society. In a recent TED talk, Sir Tim Berners-Lee pointed out to various examples of mashups created using open data and [...]
Microsoft has a love hate relationship with Open Source community. On one hand, it has realized that they cannot live without embracing open source strategically but, on the other hand, they cannot change their old habits. However, thanks to efforts by people like Sam Ramji and others, they are more open than anytime in the [...]
Redhat, the poster child of open source and maker of most popular Linux distribution in the enterprise market, took another step into the cloudy future. Redhat recently released version 5.5 of their popular Enterprise Linux distribution. They followed it up with an announcement focused mainly on the hybrid nature of the enterprise cloud adoption in [...]
Songbird, the free and open source Mozilla based media player, has decided to stop support for Linux platforms. Songbird is a versatile media player that works with modern web services like Last.fm, mashTape, Shoutcast, etc.. Being an open source media player, the announcement stopping support for Linux platforms is a bit shocking to many in [...]
On Friday, Eucalyptus Systems, the open source software powering the private clouds in the enterprises, announced that the former CEO of MySQL AB, Mårten Mickos, has taken over as CEO of Eucalyptus Systems replacing Woody Rollins who will now be their CFO. This has taken the entire industry by surprise. I am also equally surprised because [...]
Sam Ramji, who spearheaded the open source efforts at Microsoft and currently with Sonoa Systems, has joined the board of Mindtouch Inc. (Disclaimer: Mindtouch is a Diversity Limited client). Mindtouch is a leading vendor in the collaboration space offering both open source and cloud version of their product. They have a mission to support open [...]
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