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Open Source: Open Source Middleware Market Share Grows

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source continues to gain credibility and market share, particularly in the area of Middleware.  Middleware is the software glue that connects two applications together and allow them to handshake and exchange information.  A report from Gartner on the 2010

Open Source: OSHW — The Open Source Movement Moves On to Hardware

By Dick Weisinger

Open Source software has finally moved from being something of a curiosity into something which is used by nearly every organization.  Open Source hardware seems to be following a similar path, but is only just now beginning to pick up

Open Source: Half of Organizations Say OS provides Them Competitive Advantage

By Dick Weisinger

Primary reasons for many organizations to adopt Open Source software has been lower cost and easier accessibility to source code to enable tighter customization and control.  Now many organizations are citing yet another reason: competitive advantage.  Laurie Wurster, research director

Open Source: When Data Management is Rocket Science

By Dick Weisinger

NASA has recently contributed their Object-Oriented Data Technology (OODT) to the Apache group, and the technology has been promoted to a Top-Level Project (TLP) at Apache.  As a TLP, OODT will receive project management and resource support from the the

Open Source: EU EIF Ruling Jilts Proprietary Software Vendors

By Dick Weisinger

In mid-December the European Community ruled on their policy for evaluating software to be used in the transfer of data between the member nations.  The new rules are strongly tilted in favor of open source solutions. The document is called