The Eclipse Foundation, an open-source group, has named a former Oracle executive as its first executive director since it gained independence from IBM.
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Static analysis tools promise to find existing bugs in your code without requiring much effort on the part of the developer. Of course, if you've been programming for long, you know those promises don't always pan out. Even so, good static analysis tools are a valuable addition to your toolbox. In this first of a two-part series, Senior Software Engineer Chris Grindstaff looks at how FindBugs can help improve the quality of your code and eliminate bugs lying in wait.
Thanks Nadia. Computerwould Australia has published a story on Novell's move from MS Office to OpenOffice.
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Macromedia has added support for Web services protocol SOAP to its Flash Player for Linux.
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The number of servers sold worldwide increased by 27.1 percent in the first quarter of 2004 to 1.57 million units, with a clear move by users towards low-end servers and the Linux operating system, research company Gartner Inc. said Tuesday.
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NEW YORK--Oracle will finish switching its 9,000-person in-house programming staff to Linux by the end of 2004, the database powerhouse said Wednesday.
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Open Source Development Labs, which promotes adoption of Linux, said Monday it is putting in place a new system to better track and document changes to the operating system's kernel.
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IBM has asked the court presiding over its Linux dispute with the SCO Group to issue a prompt ruling that Big Blue did not infringe on SCO's copyrights.
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A leading free software group has vowed to fight portions of a request to release information that could help the SCO Group in its legal battle against Linux.
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Enabling great functionality in a mixed environment will give the desktop an edge, the company's vice president of Linux desktop engineering says.
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A year ago this month, the SCO Group exited the Linux business, announcing it would cease sales of the open source operating system and claiming it would have a stronger focus on Unix and the companys growth strategy around Web services.
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D-Silence has posted a news story on the new "waysmall" Linux computers from gumstix
Startup Black Duck Software Inc. will update its product line next week with two new products designed to help companies better manage their use of open-source software.
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BusinessWeek has published an article by Steve Hamm about open-source alternatives to Linux. Thanks lisa.
Novell tries to get SCO's Unix copyright claims dismissed while SCO attempts to get this particular case moved from the federal court to a Utah state court.
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Novell Inc. has introduced a new pricing model for its Suse Enterprise Linux operating system that allows customers to pay a lower flat rate for Linux support, the company announced Wednesday.
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Novell is adding Microsoft Exchange Server to its forthcoming Evolution 2.0 client with its newly open-sourced Connector for Microsoft Exchange Server.
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For the second time, the company has released the source code of a once-proprietary software package that makes it easier to substitute Linux for Microsoft's Windows.
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A federal judge heard arguments from Novell Inc. and The SCO Group Inc. in a Utah court Tuesday in the "slander of title" case brought by SCO against Novell last January.
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The growing popularity of Linux is making smaller companies such as Linux Networx, California Digital and Optimus household names among buyers of supercomputers.
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