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Open Source Experts
Van Lindberg
is a software engineer and practicing attorney. What he does most, though, is translate ? from ?lawyer? to ?engineer? and back. He likes working with both computer code and legal code to get things done. Van?s current work touches both traditional intellectual property and the emerging field of open source…
Tyler Mitchell
is the author of Web Mapping Illustrated - a book focused on teaching how to use popular Open Source Geospatial Toolkits. He works as the Executive Director of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, aka OSGeo.
Todd Ogasawara
is the editor of MobileAppsToday.com. He has been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in the Mobile Devices category for the past several years. You can find his personal website focusing on Mobile Device Technology at www.mobileviews.com.
Tim O'Reilly
is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O'Reilly Media also hosts conferences on technology topics, including the Web 2.0 Summit, the Web 2.0 Expo, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference.…
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Open Source in the Enterprise
An O'Reilly Radar ReportUsing open source in the enterprise ? the question is no longer "if," but "how?" The low cost, easy access, and expansive license terms of open source are certainly attractive ? especially since IT budgets have decreased 3-5% every year, while software costs have increased, and IT staffs have been tasked to create web services and pursue Web 2.0 initiatives. Get the report.
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Learn Open Source Programming
Open Source Programming Certificate
The course series targets students who want to acquire the skills needed for programming on any Linux or Unix platform. The Open Source Programming Certificate series is comprised of five courses that span programming skills from intermediate to complex. Students learn the core technical skills necessary for a complete understanding of programming using open source operating systems, languages, libraries and databases. Enroll today!
Open Source News & Commentary
MySQL faster, better, and still unified: notes about Sun, Monty Widenius, Percona, and Drizzle
By Andy OramMay 22, 2009
It might have seemed last week, with the announcement of the Open Database Alliance, that MySQL is forking. The ODA promises a "central clearinghouse for MySQL development" and claims to improve on areas where criticism has historically been aimed at MySQL AB/Sun: bug-fixing, performance, and community responsiveness. But what's going on behind the scenes is much more subtle and promises a much better outcome for MySQL.
Dear Adobe Digital Editions Team
By Keith FahlgrenMay 21, 2009
Adobe has made extensive contributions to the world of EPUB software, but needs to go a few steps further with their Digital Editions product.
Four short links: 20 May 2009
By Nat TorkingtonMay 20, 2009
Distributed Proofreaders Celebrates 15000th Title Posted To Project Gutenberg -- a great use of our collective intelligence and cognitive surplus. If I say one more Clay Shirkyism, someone's gonna call BINGO. (via timoreilly on Twitter) Datacenter is the New Mainframe (Greg Linden) -- wrapup of a Google paper that looks at datacenters in the terms of mainframes: time-sharing, scheduling,...
The limits of standards in OOXML and ODF office suites
By Andy OramMay 20, 2009
Nobody expected Microsoft to make its proprietary OOXML format really work with products that support ODF. But an office suite has to hook into a huge number of outside pieces in its environment. We're just going to have to live with a fuzz factor.
Protecting Code
Intellectual Property and Open Source ? "Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone ? even lawyers!" ? Lawrence Lessig
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Created in response to our Women in Technology series, our Women in Technology forum is a place for women to share their stories, experiences, concerns, and vision.
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