Open source
hideOpen source is an approach to the design, development, and distribution of software, offering practical accessibility to a software's source code. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet, which provided access to diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.
Software development costs in organizations have been touted as being approximately 15% of total costs. This indicates that the value of one over another development methodology is more of a marketing decision (which customers and pricing models) as much as it is about the design of software. The open source model of operation and decision making allows concurrent input of different agendas, approaches and priorities, and differs from the more closed, centralized models of development. The principles and practices are commonly applied to the peer production development of source code for software that is made available for public collaboration. The result of this peer-based collaboration is usually released as open-source software, however open source methods are increasingly being applied in other fields of endeavor, such as biotechnology.
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News tagged with open source
Cell phones become handheld tools for global development
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Oct 29, 2009 |
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Mobile phones are on the verge of becoming powerful tools to collect data on many issues, ranging from global health to the environment.
Researchers Bring Avatars and People Together for Virtual Meetings in Physical Spaces (w/ Video)
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While you can't yet teleport or clone yourself to be in two places nearly at once, computer scientists are working on what might be the next best thing.
Oracle plays up promise of Sun take-over
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison opened fire on US technology veteran IBM and expressed optimism about the pending 7.4-billion-dollar-deal to buy Sun Microsystems.
Oracle's Larry Ellison says Sun losing $100 million a month
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Declaring that Sun Microsystems is losing $100 million a month, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has expressed frustration over an extended European antitrust review that has delayed his plans to acquire the struggling computer maker.
EU delays Oracle-Sun deal, probing database market
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Oracle Corp. figured its $7.4 billion buyout for Sun Microsystems Inc. could skate through antitrust scrutiny, folding Sun into a technology powerhouse when Sun badly needs the lifeline. Both companies will have ...
Open-source camera could revolutionize photography (w/ Video)
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Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford photo scientists are out to reinvent digital photography with the introduction of an "open-source" digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create ...
Sprint to release HTC Hero Android phone in October (Update)
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Sep 03, 2009 |
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US wireless carrier Sprint Nextel and Taiwan's HTC Corp. announced plans Thursday to release a touch-screen mobile phone in October powered by Google's Android software.
EU reveals probe into Oracle's bid
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Business software giant Oracle's 7.4-billion-dollar bid for Sun Microsystems is under investigation under EU merger regulations, the European Commission announced on Thursday.
New myTouch 3G phone takes big step forward
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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When T-Mobile and Google launched the T-Mobile G1 last fall, there were high hopes that the device and its Android mobile operating system would provide a real threat to Apple's iPhone.
OpenAjax Alliance Delivers Software for More Secure Enterprise Mashups
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The OpenAjax Alliance announced today the approval and availability of OpenAjax Hub 2.0 as an industry standard for more secure Web 2.0 mashup applications. Advances in security in Hub 2.0 can help protect enterprise mashups ...
New computer techniques to analyze historic Hebrew, Arabic documents under development
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) will combine the scientific and scholarly expertise of their humanities and computer science experts in a new project to analyze degraded Hebrew documents.
FalconView Mapping Software Goes Open Source
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has released an open-source version of its popular FalconView software. The program displays topographical maps, aeronautical charts, satellite images ...
Firefox passes one billion downloads
Jul 31, 2009 |
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Mozilla announced Friday that it had passed one billion downloads of Firefox, its Web browser that has gained popularity as a free alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer.
Community-driven, open source solution for B2B transactions
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new open source, Web 2.0-inspired solution for building and managing business relationships online promises to level the playing field for small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Beyond -- way beyond -- WIMP interfaces
Jul 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Human-computer interaction is undergoing a revolution, entering a multimodal era that goes beyond, way beyond, the WIMP (Windows-Icons-Menus-Pointers) paradigm. Now European researchers have ...
