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Archived Free and Open Source Software Articles
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08 May 2008
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Sun and Liferay Collaborating on Next-Generation Web Technologies [19945]
Initiative's First Products: Liferay Portal 5 and Sun's Project Web Synergy
Sun and Liferay, Inc. are developing a common, open source, standards-based Web presentation platform under the Sun/Liferay Initiative that will combine technologies from both companies to enhance and maintain web aggregation and presentation technologies. Liferay Portal 5 and Sun's Project Web Synergy are the first version of the new product families resulting from this initiative.
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05 May 2008
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Open Sourced Sun SPOTS Puts Everything in Developers' Hands [19522]
Higher Education Institutions Take Advantage of Technology
Like so much else of Sun's product line, the company is open sourcing the hardware and operating system for its Sun Small Programmable Object Technology (Sun SPOT). In an interview with Arshan Poursohi, staff researcher at the Sun SPOT lab, Mary Grush of Campus Technology explores some of the implications of this further opening of Sun technology. Sun SPOT is a sensor networking product based on Java technology. Grush was particularly interested in how higher education institutions can incorporate Sun SPOTs in research and instruction.
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05 May 2008
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Debunking Open Source Software Myths [19809]
Don't Believe Everything You Hear
In his two-part blog debunking myths about OSS, enterprise architect Mike Kavis takes on several common misconceptions about open source software, conceding at the outset that he sees room in the grand scheme of things for proprietary software as well. "The trick is to know when to use the right tool for the right job," he writes.
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05 May 2008
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NetBeans Community Releases 6.1 and Early Access for PHP [19883]
NetBeans 6.1 Also Offered Bundled with GlassFish and MySQL
The new NetBeans IDE 6.1 supports a wide range of open source scripting technologies, offers improved performance and extends language support beyond Java technology through a rich set of features for C/C++, JavaScript and the Ruby language, including Ruby on Rails. Another new arrival is the NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP that offers developers intelligent editing features.
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21 Apr 2008
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Latest OpenOffice.org Release - Version 2.4 [19748]
Several Security Vulnerabilities Repaired, New Features Added
Version 2.4 of OpenOffice.org, which is now available for immediate download, fixed a number of security vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade to afford themselves of this additional protection.
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21 Apr 2008
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The Open-Source Road to Profitability at Sun [19806]
Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green on Company Strategy
Eric Lundquist of eWeek characterizes Sun Microsystems as "a company that develops open-source software, uses it as an entrée into enterprises, and then sells hardware and services into those enterprises," calling the company the "largest open-source-based IT infrastructure company in the world." His interview with Jonathan Schwartz and EVP for Software Rich Green examined Sun's approach to leveraging open source to develop enterprise market share.
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21 Apr 2008
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OpenProj Now Included in European StarOffice Boxes [19844]
A Complete Replacement Product of Microsoft Project
The free, open source project management solution OpenProj is now being included in StarOffice boxes available in Europe. OpenProj is a complete replacement of Microsoft Project, offering equivalent functionality, and available on Linux, Unix, Mac or Windows.
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24 Mar 2008
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White Papers Examine Sun Technology Contributed to Open Media Commons [19536]
Project DReaM, DReaM-MMI Profile, DReaM CAS, DReam MMI
Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the basis of Sun's technology DReaM that has been contributed to the Open Media Commons initiative. Project DReaM is an initiative to develop an open DRM solution and reference architecture for multiple domains (media, documents, enterprise, personal, etc.). Four white papers have recently been released detailing the project's goal, licensing and specification, among other aspects.
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24 Mar 2008
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Learn to Create Web Apps Using MySQL Database in 30 Minutes [19647]
NetBeans Tutorial Covers Basic Web Development
New MySQL adopters, and maybe even more seasoned users, should visit the NetBeans Website, which is hosting a tutorial on creating a simple web application that connects to a MySQL database server. The tutorial, which is expected to take users about 30 minutes, also covers some basic ideas and technologies in web development, such as JavaServer Pages (JSP), JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL), the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API and two-tier, client-server architecture.
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24 Mar 2008
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Open Source Virtualization and Project Indiana [19683]
There Is a Connection, Says Tim Marsland
Tim Marsland identified the usually overlooked connection between Open Source Virtualization and Project Indiana in his talk at Australian Sun Tech Days as residing in the distro builder, the technology that translates the recipe for a particular distribution, along with its functions and capabilities, into a set of interdependent packages able to perform those functions.
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