The Apache Software Foundation, another big open source player, admitted yesterday that one its web servers had also been compromised. Open source software portals Sourceforge and themes.org have been cracked by hackers.
You only have to look at IBM's commitment to Linux to see how far this has gone. Radioqualia says the kernel has over four million lines of code. The Open Source Initiative, which was four years old on Sunday, has been largely responsible for...
In addition, the Open Source Initiative and the Free Software Foundation have yet to approve the proposed licence. In 90 days' time the audio and video streaming company will release millions of lines of code under an initiative dubbed Helix.
Sun's strong commitment to open-source Java would speed the development of a first-class and compatible open-source Java implementation to the benefit of our customers and our industry," Smith wrote to Sun vice president and fellow Rob Gingell.
Recently Adobe has sought to increase its involvement with open source software in general. The company appears to be increasing its commitment to Linux-based software on the desktop, an area in which its support, until now, has been limited.
Representatives from Dell, HP and Lenovo made the commitment at a Linux Foundation conference last week, promising to include wording in their hardware procurement processes to "strongly encourage" the delivery of open-source drivers for...
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