Posts Tagged ‘open source’
A majority of business already use open source software
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 14:17 No CommentsThe majority of businesses – some 85 per cent – already use open source software (OSS), with the rest set to dip their toes in the collaborative waters within the next year.
This was according to a global survey by analyst firm Gartner, which found such software is being used for mission critical processes as often [...]
Android is now open source
Monday, October 27, 2008 14:59 No CommentsAfter all the work that the Open Handset Alliance and the open source community has poured into the mobile platform, it is now officially available FREE. Android is not a single piece of hardware it was designed as a complete end-to-end software solution that can be configured to work on any number of hardware devices.
As [...]
Google announces first open source contest for pre-university students
Thursday, November 29, 2007 15:39 No CommentsWho doesn’t love a contest? We certainly do. Google believes strongly in students having opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math, and today at the Open Source Developers’ Conference in Brisbane, Australia we’re pleased to announce the Google Highly Open Participation Contest to help introduce secondary school and high school students to open source software [...]
