Posts Tagged ‘Open Source’


Business and FOSS

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 - 8:58 am

Back at a conference, someone said, “There are no free lunches.” I agree. But how about paying a small amount and you get to have the lunch and dessert as an assortment? Above that, you’re entertained as a privileged guest.

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Winning Strategies for Linux Desktop

Saturday, May 16th, 2009 - 4:00 pm

The Linux desktop more than anything else needs an extensive support of its die hard proponents which will be helpful in creating a buzz and hence serve the purpose by establishing a strong word of mouth.

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Economics behind the Open Source Model

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 - 1:01 am

Open Source and Economics are related in a sense that they require time and effort to be quantified and measured by both - producers and consumers.

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Startups and the choice of Linux Distributions

Monday, March 30th, 2009 - 1:24 pm

A penny saved is a penny earned! Why not consider an open source alternative against purchasing several licensed copies of your favorite operating system or getting a pirated copy of the same.

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Linux - a changed environment

Friday, March 27th, 2009 - 6:42 am

The future of Linux can be predicted based on the fact that it stands to provide its users the features they looking for, be it Wi-Fi compatibility, games, intuitive UI, et al.

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Gaming in Linux

Friday, March 20th, 2009 - 1:01 am

Currently, Linux might not have as many games as Windows probably has but fact that Linux has a strong community of developers in its periphery shows a better future.

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Linux is more than just a Novel Concept

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 - 5:44 am

Linux is characteristically found to be one of the most unswerving, stable, secure, cost effective and well-organized system.

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Open Source – What is in store for 2009?

Monday, January 26th, 2009 - 12:00 am

As the 2008 recession extends into 2009, the prevailing economic conditions are bound to have a large impact on the change in landscape for developers and users. Open source software will no doubt drive down the total costs of new projects resulting in year-over-year revenue growth compared to the proprietary software sector.

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2008, the Buzzwords that were

Monday, January 19th, 2009 - 6:14 am

Windows OS slides down at nearly 89% of the OS share trend followed by Mac and Linux with nearly 10% and 1% respectively. But these OS are moving aggressively towards the mobile market which is their market in real sense.

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Can SELINUX impose a better confidentiality over encryption?

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 6:49 am

SE Linux is the Security-Enhanced Linux project started by the NSA which lets you secure Linux at every echelon from the kernel up. SE Linux is in essence a defense against hackers giving users another stratum of protection to online information.

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10 Myths of Free & Open Source Software

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 - 1:01 am

At FOSS, the focus is more on the protection of information than the methodology used to implement it. Several codes are made and rectified in the public and it thus increases the knowledge of all the users worldwide.

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Great Indian Developer Summit 2009

I got a Press Release of the upcoming GIDS '09 and here is an excerpt. The summit's program covers Java, REST, Unit testing, Groovy, Spring, Struts 2.0, SOA, Cloud Computing, Web Services, JRuby, RoR, Ruby, JVM, ...21st Jan, 2009

The flourishing gun market in Pakistan

VICE Travel: Darra, Pakistanby Top-Notch112 (Via: Deep Green Crystals) 20th Jan, 2009

Angry Ringtone for iPhone and others

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IIM Ahmedabad's Leverage 2009

Leverage, the Venture Capital and Private Equity Club of IIM Ahmedabad and the Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship bring to you the 1st edition of the Venture Capital and Private Equity Conference on the ...12th Jan, 2009

Fedora 10 Released

Let's talk history! Fedora was created in late 2003 as a Linux based Operating System which gives the users an admittance from anywhere in the world to the most up-to-date free and open source software ...28th Nov, 2008

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