Open-Source Community Eager for Cloudscape Code
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IBM offers Cloudscape as open source
code
IBM offers Cloudscape as open source
code
08/03/2004 11:01 AMIBM Corp. has found a new home for the Cloudscape database software it
picked up in 2001 through its acquisition of Informix Corp. The
company plans to announce Tuesday that it will give Cloudscape to the
Apache Software Foundation, which will oversee Cloudscape as an
open-source project.
IBM offers Cloudscape as open-source
code
IBM offers Cloudscape as open-source
code
08/03/2004 05:47 PMIBM said it will donate its Cloudscape database software code, valued
at $85 million, as an open-source project, with the goal of spurring
Java application development and creating business opportunities for
its infrastructure software products.
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
Microsoft releases source code to open
source community
05/05/2004 04:06 AMAbout a month ago, Microsoft posted some of its source code to
SourceForge. SourceForge is a, if not the, major distribution point
for open source software. Microsoft's code was put there under the
terms of the Common Public License, which allows modification,
addition, redistribution - in short, it allows most of the rights and
privileges that we associate with open source software.
Cloudscape goes Open Source
Cloudscape goes Open Source
08/03/2004 11:04 AMIBM is planning to
announce that they'll be donating the Java-based Cloudscape
database to the Apache foundation, to be released as open source.
Most business applications require some database functions
like storing and looking up price or customer information, whether in
a Web page or a laptop program. Cloudscape is intended for use as a
simple database that resides inside a software application instead of
as a full-fledged database program that runs on its own in corporate
data centers as Oracle, I.B.M.'s DB/2, and Microsoft's SQL or MySQL
do.
Placing software into the open source realm does not guarantee that it
will succeed in attracting programmers to maintain and improve the
code. Still, Java experts say that there is a need for a basic Java
database and that the Cloudscape code could prove to be popular. "It
is a nice, out-of-the-box database," said Greg Stein, chairman of the
Apache Foundation.
If you've played with Sun's J2EE reference
implementation, you've probably dinked around with Cloudscape for
a bit. It's a handy little SQL database built right in to the app.
Having a built-in SQL DB allows for some handy methods of data storage
fo rsmall apps, and obviates the need for a set of database
installation instructions.
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IBM Frees Cloudscape Into The Open
Source Skies...
IBM Frees Cloudscape Into The Open
Source Skies...
08/03/2004 01:43 AMThere are plenty of sites that cover various "open source" news
stories that we usually avoid around here, but it's worth noting that
IBM has decided to
release the
source code for the Cloudscape Java database technology that they
own. Obviously there are already some very popular open source
databases out there, but the fact that IBM is donating a fairly large
product into the open source world shows that they seem to understand
at least some of the benefits of open source, while other companies
still continue to insist there's something evil about open source
technologies. Recognizing that (a) the product isn't central to their
strategy and (b) more active development around it may
drive more
demand for their own Websphere offering, it makes perfect sense to
open source Cloudscape (now to be known as Derby). It would be nice
if more companies began to realize that not everything they've worked
on needs to be sold. If it can be used as a form of a promotion that
drives more sales for other products, that can often be a very
intelligent strategy.
What's Wrong with the Open Source
Community?
What's Wrong with the Open Source
Community?
12/02/2003 12:27 AMSlashdot Dec 1 2003 1:09PM ET
Open Source Community Building
Open Source Community Building
03/24/2005 05:27 AMOpen Source Community Building by Matthias
Stürmerhttp://opensource.
mit.edu/papers/sturmer.pdfAbstractBuilding an active and helpful community around an open source
project is a complex task for its leaders. Therefore investigations in
this work are intended to define the optimum starting position of an
open source project and to identify recommendable promoting actions by
project leaders to enlarge community size in a healthy way. For this
paper eight interviews with committed representatives of successful
open source projects have led to over 12 hours of conversation about
community building. Analysing the statements of these experienced
community members exposed helpful activities that led to the presently
prospering communities of their projects. Summarizing the conclusions
of this qualitative research a table with conditions for successful
open source project initialisation and a subject-level promotion
matrix of community building could be created. They include
suggestions on how to start a new open source project and how to
improve and increase the community of an already advanced open source
project.
Apple And The Open Source Community
Apple And The Open Source Community
07/04/2004 06:56 PMGoogle reaches out to open-source
community
Google reaches out to open-source
community
03/19/2005 03:28 AMThe site is aimed at providing the open-source community with software
tools developed and used internally by Google, contributing code that
external developers might find useful.
Attacks puzzle open-source community
Attacks puzzle open-source community
02/13/2004 06:56 AMZDNet UK Feb 13 2004 10:52AM GMT
Red Hat building open source community
in India
Red Hat building open source community
in India
01/24/2004 12:09 AMBANGALORE, INDIA - Linux vendor Red Hat is investing in India to build
an open source community in the country, with educational institutions
likely to be a key focus, according to the company's top executive.
Openwave Courts Open Source Community
Openwave Courts Open Source Community
05/31/2002 10:12 AMFree/Open Source research Community
Free/Open Source research Community
12/09/2003 01:27 PMFree/Open Source Research Communityhttp://opensource.mit.edu/h
ome.htmlFree/open source software (F/OSS) is software
for which the human-readable source code is made available to the user
of the software, who can then modify the code in order to fit the
software to the user’s needs. The source code is the set of written
instructions that define a program in its original form, and when
it’s made fully accessible programmers can read it, modify it, and
redistribute it, thereby improving and adapting the software. In this
manner the software evolves at a rate unmatched by traditional
proprietary software. For many years free/open source software has
been building momentum. Beginning amidst the technical cultures that
produced the Internet and World Wide Web, it is now causing quite a
stir in the commercial world as large software corporations are
finding themselves competing against commercially available open
source software.
This new demand for free and open source
software has piqued interest among scholars in disciplines ranging
from sociology to economics to social psychology, and has raised
questions in fields of application ranging from innovation processes
to strategic management. As an aid to these scholars, they offer the
Free / Open Source Research Community. By having visitors contribute
to our research databases, they hope to establish a community of
information exchange that will lead to a greater understanding of open
source and it's applications.
In the spirit of free and
open source software (F/OSS), they are attempting to establish a
community in which information will be freely exchanged, so that
others may further the understanding of open source and its
implications outside the realm of software development. They invite
researchers to post their papers on open source and free software
here, and to add themselves to the research directory, so that their
community can become steadily larger and more comprehensive.
More On The Corporate Gated Open Source
Community
More On The Corporate Gated Open Source
Community
04/29/2004 11:56 AMEarlier this month we joked about how the new Avalanche CIO co-op was
really
open
source with a $30,000 gate. It appears that the group doesn't see
it as a joke. That's
exactly how they
describe themselves. The interview with one of the founders also
raises some interesting points about how the group is going to avoid a
SCO-IBM situation where some of the software that goes into the co-op
is accused of having intellectual property violations. The guy from
the co-op sort of brushes that off by saying they have a top
intellectual property law firm who will review all submissions to make
sure they're safe. Considering the number of software patents showing
up these days on all sorts of minor software processes, and the fact
that I'd put IBM's lawyers up against any top IP law firm any day and
they certainly didn't expect SCO to go on this bizarre run, I doubt
that's much real protection. If anything, this may end up opening up
the companies in the co-op to more (pointless, of course) patent
lawsuits by revealing their internal software. For instance, the
first piece of software in the co-op was an internal application from
Best Buy. Before this, no one outside of Best Buy really knew what it
did, since it was all internal. Thus, there was almost no risk of
being accused of patent infringment. However, by opening it up
(admittedly to just a few companies right now) they risk someone who
has patents on some tiny process used in their software to come back
and sue them
and any of the other companies in the co-op who
downloads it. Maybe after a few of these types of lawsuits the
companies involved in the co-op will become a bit more pro-active in
fighting against bad software patents.
Red Hat to build open-source community
in India
Red Hat to build open-source community
in India
01/26/2004 10:18 AMComputer Weekly Jan 26 2004 2:08PM GMT
BEA Builds Beehive for Open-Source
Community (NewsFactor)
BEA Builds Beehive for Open-Source
Community (NewsFactor)
05/20/2004 03:46 PMNewsFactor - BEA Systems (Nasdaq: BEAS) is delivering software code
for its WebLogic framework, with
an eye to drawing more developers to the platform and speeding the
creation of more Java-based enterprise applications.
Community News: MoviePartners' Open
Source Move
Community News: MoviePartners' Open
Source Move
05/26/2004 07:31 AMVia a link from
PHP Magazine
today, there is a special note off the newswire about the
MoviePartners leveraging open source technologies to launch two new
websites, one of which is the "oldest and largest" screenwriting
communities still in operation.
Fedora Directory Server Now Available To
The Open Source Community
Fedora Directory Server Now Available To
The Open Source Community
06/05/2005 11:28 PMCan the open source community beat
software patenters?
Can the open source community beat
software patenters?
08/10/2004 10:51 AMPatents and the threat they pose to open source and overall software
innovation are a hot topic, but patents may not be a useful weapons
against a community that works with, ardently supports, and defends
open source with money, time, and expertise.
Notebook: Open-Source Community Upbeat
at LinuxWorld
Notebook: Open-Source Community Upbeat
at LinuxWorld
08/03/2004 11:07 PMAttendees are finding plenty to appreciate at this week's LinuxWorld
show in San Francisco, including new products, desktop Linux and guys
in kilts.
vnunet: Open Source Community Preaches
Coexistence
vnunet: Open Source Community Preaches
Coexistence
03/14/2005 05:29 PM"Open source and commercial applications will coexist in peace, Marten
Mickos, chief executive at MySQL, said in a keynote presentation at
LinuxWorld, adding that open source will help the IT industry to move
more quickly into new markets..."
Why Open-Source Community Objects to MS
Spam Plans
Why Open-Source Community Objects to MS
Spam Plans
09/17/2004 07:45 PMThe broadness of Microsoft's recently revealed e-mail authenication
patent confirms open-source concerns with the company's anti-spam
efforts using Sender ID.
IBM Tips Derby to Open-Source Community
(NewsFactor)
IBM Tips Derby to Open-Source Community
(NewsFactor)
08/03/2004 06:10 PMNewsFactor - IBM (NYSE: IBM) is providing its Cloudscape relational
database software to the
Apache Software Foundation (ASF), an open-source organization, hoping
to
spur innovation for Java applications for embedded databases.
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
IBM Donates Speech Technology to Open
Source Community
09/13/2004 10:28 PMIBM has contributed speech technology to the Apache Software
Foundation. By releasing its source code IBM hopes to bring a quick
end to battles over competing, proprietary standards; solidifying the
industry behind VoiceXML.
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community
04/17/2005 11:09 AMThe Linux 2.6 kernel is getting fatter, some contend; others say new
features are optional and that their use is at the discretion of
organizations compiling their builds of the kernel.
Interview: Sudhir Gandotra on what
India's open source community needs
Interview: Sudhir Gandotra on what
India's open source community needs
04/07/2005 01:23 PMSudhir Gandotra is an open source marketeer par excellence. He is best
known for Kalculate, an accounting package for the Linux desktop, but
Gandotra has been providing support for Linux desktops for almost a
decade. In this interview he talks of various open source adoption
barriers that exist in India, his experience marketing a product that
mandates the use of a non-standard operating system, and the reasons
behind his Linux desktop for India.
CA issues million dollar challenge to
open source community
CA issues million dollar challenge to
open source community
08/07/2004 08:41 AMVirtual Community Makes Open Source
Encyclopedia Succeed
Virtual Community Makes Open Source
Encyclopedia Succeed
12/18/2003 01:06 PMVirtual Community Makes Open Source Encyclopedia
Succeedhttp://firstmonday.org/issues/issue8_12/ciffolilli/index.html
An open source encyclopedia seems to defy all logic.
Anyone can contribute -- and anyone can change, deface or erase the
information it contains. Yet Wikipedia is successful for several
reasons. First, it's being constructed by a purpose-built virtual
community, whose members share the same goals and passions. Another
factor is the low cost associated with IT and virtual communities. In
a way, technology has virtually eliminated transaction costs for
editing and updating information. This not only stimulates development
of the community and the project, it provides a full exploitation of
massive collaboration economies. Another secret of Wikipedia's success
is its "creative construction" of information, rather than a "creative
destruction" of it. Initially, some observers expected an endless war
among reliable contributions, as well as graffiti attacks that would
deface and delay the development of the Web site. In reality, that
hasn't happened. Every change made to every article is stored;
unapproved modifications can be undone with a single click. Thus,
hackers and graffiti artists waste more of their time and effort
trying to litter a page than administrators require to correct it.
Through this mechanism of editing and undoing meaningless changes or
graffiti, an evolutionary process is fostered. Among other results,
that means only the best contributions survive.
Free/Open Source Research Community
Online Papers
Free/Open Source Research Community
Online Papers
10/28/2003 11:08 PMFree/Open Source Research Community Online Papershttp://opensource.m
it.edu/online_papers.phpFree/open source software
(F/OSS) is software for which the human-readable source code is made
available to the user of the software, who can then modify the code in
order to fit the software to the user’s needs. The source code is
the set of written instructions that define a program in its original
form, and when it’s made fully accessible programmers can read it,
modify it, and redistribute it, thereby improving and adapting the
software. In this manner the software evolves at a rate unmatched by
traditional proprietary software.
For many years free/open
source software has been building momentum. Beginning amidst the
technical cultures that produced the Internet and World Wide Web, it
is now causing quite a stir in the commercial world as large software
corporations are finding themselves competing against commercially
available open source software.
information. This new demand for
free and open source software has piqued interest among scholars in
disciplines ranging from sociology to economics to social psychology,
and has raised questions in fields of application ranging from
innovation processes to strategic management. The online papers
archives represents the latest thinking and current happenings.
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community (Ziff Davis)
Kernel Changes Draw Concern from
Open-Source Community (Ziff Davis)
04/17/2005 02:41 PMZiff Davis - The Linux 2.6 kernel is getting fatter, some contend;
others say new features are optional and that their use is at the
discretion of organizations compiling their builds of the kernel.
eBay: Better Code For Open Source
eBay: Better Code For Open Source
06/24/2005 10:03 PMOnline marketplace aims to expand ecosystem and bring e-commerce to
new devices with the help of its developers.
Speech Code From I.B.M. to Become Open
Source
Speech Code From I.B.M. to Become Open
Source
09/12/2004 09:26 PMI.B.M. plans to announce that it will contribute some of its
speech-recognition software to two open-source software groups.
Speech code from IBM to become open
source
Speech code from IBM to become open
source
09/12/2004 11:59 PMCNET News.com Sep 13 2004 3:22AM GMT
Open Source Code at Google
Open Source Code at Google
03/27/2005 02:33 AMSeach Engine Showdown Mar 27 2005 6:05AM GMT
Get your hands on some open source SSL
VPN code
Get your hands on some open source SSL
VPN code
03/24/2005 05:13 AMThere is a lot of open source code out there, including one for SSL
VPNs. Called SSL-Explorer, it is available free from SourceForge and
runs on Microsoft and Linux platforms.
AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64
AMD Joins Open Source Development Labs
and Recognizes Community Support for
AMD64
04/22/2004 02:29 AMIBM donates code to open-source project
IBM donates code to open-source project
11/18/2003 07:47 PMZDNet Nov 18 2003 6:49PM ET
Code Reading: The Open Source
Perspective
Code Reading: The Open Source
Perspective
03/14/2005 05:03 PMIntel To Open-Source Next-Gen BIOS Code
Intel To Open-Source Next-Gen BIOS Code
06/01/2004 05:20 PMIntel Corp. said Tuesday that it plans to release the "foundation"
code of its Tiano next-generation BIOS code as part of an open-source
license.
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