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Open Source: Court Upholds OS License

By Dick Weisinger

A recent court ruling upholds Open Source licensing and the ability of license holders to control how code is modified and distributed. The ruling is the result of the lawsuit Jacobsen versus Katzer. In that case the company Kamind Associates

Open Source: Google aided by Microsoft

By Dick Weisinger

The tech world is abuzz today with the somewhat ironic news that Google’s new browser Chrome is partly built on code that originated in an Open Source project authored by Microsoft. One of the twenty-four third-party components used in Chrome

Technology: Open Source DBs win Adoptors

By Dick Weisinger

More and more enterprise data centers are giving Open Source databases a try. And many are liking what they see. While it’s not clear how Sun will ever be able to monetize back the $1 billion they spent to acquire

Technology: Need a Job? Know Anything about Open Source?

By Dick Weisinger

The on-going slowdown in the economy may be a driver behind rapid growth in the adoption of Open Source software in the enterprise. An O’Reilly report shows that 5 to 15 percent of all open IT jobs mention open source

Open Source: A Ticket to Security Problems?

By Dick Weisinger

Most Open Source software lacks basic security protections. That’s the conclusion of a report issued by security company Fortify Software. While the report is no doubt somewhat self-serving since Fortify is in the business of selling security add-ons, there is