Open Source Initiative Adds New Blood

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NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits."

NOSI, the Nonprofit Open Source
Initiative, announces the release of its
new guide "Choosing and Using Open
Source Software: A Primer for
Nonprofits." 02/17/2004 11:57 PM
As per a recent post, I love to see (and hope to one day do it myself) Open Source Software in Non-Profits. Seems http://www.nosi.net found my post: http://thelostolive.net/tlo/comments.php?id=1786_0_1_0_C And commented the release of its new guide "Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits." And now in their own words: ___snip____ -- From: Katrin Verclas Email: steering (a) nosi.net Hi, Kevin - NOSI actually just released a new...

Open Source Initiative Changes Leaders

Open Source Initiative Changes Leaders 02/01/2005 08:56 PM
The OSI is replacing its founding president, Eric Raymond, so that the group can expand, but internal disagreements also may have contributed to the switch.

U.K.-funded initiative to push open
source

U.K.-funded initiative to push open
source 04/07/2005 10:22 AM
Project will promote use of open-source tools within the public sector by creating a code repository, among other efforts.

Joined Open Source Initiative board

Joined Open Source Initiative board 04/01/2005 05:35 PM

I've just joined the Open Source Initiative (OSI) board.

OSI Page

Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition for the good of the community, specifically through the OSI Certified Open Source Software certifica tion mark and program. You can read about successful software products that have these properties, and about our certification mark and program, which allow you to be confident that software really is "Open Source." We also make copies of approved open source licenses here.

The basic idea behind open source is very simple: When programmers can read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software, the software evolves. People improve it, people adapt it, people fix bugs. And this can happen at a speed that, if one is used to the slow pace of conventional software development, seems astonishing.

We in the open source community have learned that this rapid evolutionary process produces better software than the traditional closed model, in which only a very few programmers can see the source and everybody else must blindly use an opaque block of bits.

Open Source Initiative exists to make this case to the commercial world.

Open source software is an idea whose time has finally come. For twenty years it has been building momentum in the technical cultures that built the Internet and the World Wide Web. Now it's breaking out into the commercial world, and that's changing all the rules. Are you ready?

It's an important time for Open Source with many governments and large organizations switching or seriously considering switching to Open Source. The people at OSI are dedicated to making Open Source successful more broadly and I'm honored and excited to be working with them for this important cause.

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UK government funds new open-source
initiative

UK government funds new open-source
initiative 04/06/2005 02:57 PM
The U.K. government is backing a new initiative aimed at promoting the use of open-source software in the public sector, providing a forum for those working in the public sector to test and use such software.

Cisco-centric Open Source Initiative

Cisco-centric Open Source Initiative 03/14/2003 07:27 PM
New CGI-based GUI for Analysis of NextPort & Mica Modem Logs

U.K. government funds new open-source
initiative

U.K. government funds new open-source
initiative 04/06/2005 06:10 PM
It's designed to foster the use of open-source software by local governments and facilitate a national community of developers who can collaborate on centralized software projects.

Open Source Initiative OSI -
Doc10:Halloween Documents

Open Source Initiative OSI -
Doc10:Halloween Documents 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
Microsoft has funneled $100 million to SCO to fund the litigation against IBM .. SCO internal e-mail reveals Microsoft is funding th .. justhow much money is Microsoft paying SCO? .. Eric S. Raymond's Open Source site .. Halloween X: Follow The Money

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Open Source Initiative Board takes shape

Open Source Initiative Board takes shape 04/01/2005 08:32 PM
ZDNet Apr 2 2005 12:52AM GMT

"Open Source Initiative OSI -
Doc10:Halloween Documents"

"Open Source Initiative OSI -
Doc10:Halloween Documents" 03/06/2004 02:05 AM

UK launches 'critical' public sector
open source initiative

UK launches 'critical' public sector
open source initiative 04/09/2005 05:19 AM
ZDNet Apr 9 2005 7:59AM GMT

Open Source Initiative OSI -
Doc10:Halloween Documents - Microsoft
$86 Mill to Sco

Open Source Initiative OSI -
Doc10:Halloween Documents - Microsoft
$86 Mill to Sco 03/06/2004 02:05 AM
http://www.opensource.org/halloween/halloween10.html My Fav Line: So their revenue plan for the future is to hit Microsoft up for money, then hit them up for more money. Pray I stay out of jail for posting this: --- From the mailbox of chris sontag From: Mike Anderer Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2003 To: csontag@sco.com CC: Bob Bench Subject: Conversation Friday Chris Sontag, the recipient of this mail, is Vice-President and general manager of the SCOsource,...

Sun adds JES to open source candidates

Sun adds JES to open source candidates 07/16/2004 11:54 AM
Sun Microsystems Inc. said this week that it is thinking about offering some of its Java Enterprise System (JES) under an open source license, although no final decisions have been made.

Microsoft Adds to Its Anti-Open-Source
Arsenal

Microsoft Adds to Its Anti-Open-Source
Arsenal 09/13/2004 12:58 PM
As its 'Get the Facts' Campaign moves into Year 2, Microsoft is set to roll out more commissioned research reports and case studies.

Microsoft adds toolkit to open-source
list

Microsoft adds toolkit to open-source
list 05/14/2004 09:15 AM
Microsoft Corp. this week released its Windows Template Library (WTL) technology under an open-source license, marking the second time the company has turned one of its projects over to the SourceForge.net development site.

Novell adds to JBoss open source
middleware

Novell adds to JBoss open source
middleware 03/29/2005 06:49 AM
Computer Weekly Mar 29 2005 11:13AM GMT

Sun Adds to Linux, Open Source Product
Lineup

Sun Adds to Linux, Open Source Product
Lineup 01/22/2003 11:32 AM
Sun adds to grid computing, human genome projects.

Microsoft adds tool kit to open-source
list

Microsoft adds tool kit to open-source
list 05/14/2004 04:30 PM
The second project to be turned over to SourceForge.net is used for developing lightweight Windows applications.

ADTmag: Open-Source MySQL DBMS Adds
Clustering Tech

ADTmag: Open-Source MySQL DBMS Adds
Clustering Tech 04/09/2004 04:05 PM
"Swedish open-source database maker MySQL AB plans to release a new clustered database product with high-availability support next month..."

Wall Street & Technology Online: Novell
Adds MySQL Open-Source Database To
Netware

Wall Street & Technology Online: Novell
Adds MySQL Open-Source Database To
Netware 10/22/2002 05:53 PM
"Novell on Monday said it will ship a licensed version of the open-source MySQL database with every version of Netware, giving users of Netware access to the same development tools and apps that run on the Linux platform..."

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group

Open-source activist Bruce Perens joins
open-source defense group 05/07/2004 04:33 PM
A key leader in the open-source software movement has been appointed to the board of Open Source Risk Management, which is defending the legal standing of open-source software.

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine

Do You Suffer from Open Source Phobia? -
six reasons you might relent and be
ready for an extreme makeover - OPEN
SOURCE - Magazine - Darwin Magazine 03/08/2004 11:20 PM
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030104/open.html ASK A GROUP OF corporate IT leaders whether they'd rather stick their arms into a box of tarantulas or allow open source software (OSS) on their networks, and odds are most would start rolling up their sleeves. Not to do any downloading, either.

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life

Slashdot on Open Source Ideas and Open
Source Life 06/23/2004 08:27 PM
As Canada protects the patents on genes, Download Aborted wonders whether the genetic code should be considered Open Source. It's slashdotted here. And as atonement for saying something positive about the people at Microsoft — man, you folks are rough! — here's some slashdottism about the anti-Open Source think tanks that Microsoft is funding. (But I still like the Microsofties I've met. So there.)...

Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI)

Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) 10/29/2003 03:53 PM
Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) Announcements

Under Pressure, Microsoft Expands Shared
Source Initiative In Europe

Under Pressure, Microsoft Expands Shared
Source Initiative In Europe 03/25/2005 06:27 AM
Techzonez Mar 25 2005 10:36AM GMT

Open source process for open source
development

Open source process for open source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

Sun has given every possible indication that Open Solaris will be run as a true open source project. The latest indication is the make-up of the board of directors: Casper Dik, Roy Fielding, Al Hopper, Simon Phipps, and Rich Teer. (via Simon Phipps - congrats Simon!)

Open source opportunity, open source
risk

Open source opportunity, open source
risk 09/22/2004 10:44 AM
I've been traveling more than usual lately, and while on the road I've been working my way through the ITConversations audio archive. It's full of gems, and one of them is Doug Kaye's interview with Philip Greenspun. While discussing the ArsDigita flameout, Greenspun offers insightful perspectives on the opportunity, and the risk, of open source as a business model. ...

Open Archives Initiative Data Providers
- Part I

Open Archives Initiative Data Providers
- Part I 04/16/2004 06:20 AM
Open Archives Initiative Data Providers - Part I
http://www .public.iastate.edu/~gerrymck/OAI-DP-I.pdf

Gerry McKiernan announced the availability of his latest eProfile column from the Library Hi Tech News V21 N3 (April 2004) 11-19 titled "OPen Archives Initiative Data Providers - Part I". Definitely an excellent resource and bookmark. This will be added to Academic Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

From open source to open services to
open information

From open source to open services to
open information 03/29/2005 12:00 PM
My March 21 entry about upcoming.org turned out to be an odd juxtaposition because, on the same day, a new events database called EVDB was announced and shown at PC Forum. It's due out shortly in public beta but I haven't seen it, so for now I only know what you can also learn from reading, among others: Dan Farber, Ross Mayfield, Om Malik, David Weinberger, and Paul Kedrosky (whose recent archive is missing this morning, yikes). The consensus seems to be that EVDB will be a Web-2.0-style, Wiki-style, RSS-friendly, Flickr-and-del.icio.us-like thingy. Sounds promising! I'll certainly check it out when it's public. ...

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb)

Microsoft Depends On Shared Source, Dips
Toe In Open-Source Waters (TechWeb) 04/08/2005 04:56 AM
TechWeb - The software vendor will add to the 20 products it now offers for source-code inspection under its Shared Source Initiative.

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community

Microsoft releases source code to open
source community 05/05/2004 04:06 AM
About 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.

Open source process for closed source
development

Open source process for closed source
development 04/05/2005 11:50 AM

IBM Adopts Open Development Internally: "Following on the success of its Eclipse open-source development platform, IBM has quietly been using a form of open-source development internally to create technology the company will sell commercially.

IBM calls its model Community Source, which it defines as a collaborative, internal, open-source-style environment for developing and testing new technology.

Danny Sabbah, vice president of strategy and technology for the IBM Software Group, in Armonk, N.Y., said IBM is using its Community Source model across 100 projects and 2,000 developers in the company. These projects span the IBM Software Group, Systems Group, Research and Global Services, he said."

Very interesting. I'd like to learn more about that. What parts of the so called open source development process have they built into the Community Source model? I've found that most developers have different definitions of the open source development process (via Ross Gardler).

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source

Advice to Microsoft: Open Source the
Leaked Source 02/13/2004 02:37 PM
What should Microsoft do, now that a chunk of its NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 source code have leaked onto the Web? Our guest columnist says Microsoft should make lemonade out of lemons and just open source the whole enchilada.

Expanded Broad-Based Eclipse Initiative
Delivers Open Test and Performance Tools
Platform

Expanded Broad-Based Eclipse Initiative
Delivers Open Test and Performance Tools
Platform 08/04/2004 02:39 AM
· Major Open-Source Collaboration in Testing, Tracing, Profiling and Monitoring · Cross-Vendor, Cross-Platform, Cross-Lifecycle · Open Platform and Extensible Exemplary Tooling · Hyades Project Builds on and Extends the Existing [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model.

Pingtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With
New Open Source Business Model. 02/18/2004 10:41 PM
Pi ngtel Breaks Open VoIP Monopolies With New Open Source Business Model. Interesting.

Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead.

Open Standards - Open Source. The
Business, Legal & Technical Challenges
Ahead. 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
The meeting comprised four panels: Business, Technical, Legal, and Social and Ethical, each of which featured an introduction of the issues and follow-up with an interactive discussion between the speakers and the audience. The aim was to capture and publish the issues discussed in order to raise the industry awareness of the benefits of Open Source.

Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware

Open source hackers release open fixes
for MSFT vulnerabilityware 12/19/2003 11:45 AM
MSFT's apparent incapacity for patching MSIE vulnerabilities hasn't deterred open-source hackers, who have released a free software patch for a well-known Explorer vulnerability.

Update: Andrew sez, "...it contains buffer overflow exploits that are wide open for hax0r5 to take advantage of. In addition, it redirects weird URL requests to -it's own website-."

Update: Yoz points out that the patch has been patched. Link (via /.)

Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks

Open-Xchange Server 5 Blends
Proprietary, Open-Source Perks 04/12/2005 08:07 PM
Accessible through common Web browsers, the collaboration platform lets users share e-mail, calendar, tasks, threaded discussions and documents originating from both proprietary and open-source systems.

When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter

When Open Source doesn't open and source
doesn't matter 07/20/2004 11:14 AM
One frustration too many: time for a rant. When a bug in Mozilla (keyboard focus is on the previously selected window) has remained unfixed for at least 18 to 24 months, when XFree86 mouse interaction with PS/2 or GPM remains hazardous and makes a system unusable and that bug has been fobbed off to the kernel developers and not dealt with for at least two years - when there are more examples like this that make using Open Source software a pain, what do you do?

Are you one of the few people with the time and money and expertise sufficient to delve into the source yourself to fix the problem?

Do we have it "too good" and these niggles are, by comparison to the rest of the world's computer users (Windows), absolute peanuts?
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