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Stallman: The great divide between free and open source software
The terms 'free software' and 'open source' are often used interchangeably, but those attending Richard Stallman's presentation at the Australian Computer Society Victorian branch forum last night were left in no doubt about his view of philosophical difference. Read more »
Developers take Linux attacks to heart
A handful of recent online attacks on free and open-source software servers has open-source developers looking over their shoulders. Read more »
Sun to subsidise Oracle database software
In a bid to compete better against IBM and Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems said Tuesday it will bundle Oracle's database with higher-end Unix servers and partially subsidise the fees customers would otherwise have to pay to use the software. Read more »
Open source Solaris turns profitable while McNealy stands ground
Despite relinquishing the chief executive officer role at Sun Microsystems last week, chairman Scott McNealy has no intention of reducing his public profile as the company continues to hammer its open-source-is-a-profitable-future message. Read more »
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Will MySQL become the next Linux?
MySQL AB had just $5 million in revenues last year, but company CEO Merten Mickos gives off the impression that his company could become the next Red Hat or Oracle. Read more »
Insights into Linux Web site deployment
Peter Harrison, author of the Linux Quick Fix Notebook, discusses the Web site hosting decision making process and shares his thoughts concerning the future of Linux. Read more »
Proprietary vs. open source? Take the best of both codes
The Microsoft vs. Linux confrontation is too often seen as a battle for the hearts and minds of this industry. From a corporate IT perspective, each side has legitimate claims and products to offer. It's not an either-or situation; it's about the price and service for goods rendered. The enterprise will be a hybrid world that continues to integrate both proprietary and open source code for a long time to come. Read more »
Oracle's Jarvis: Unplugged--but not unarmed
In an interview with ZDNet, Oracle marketing chief Mark Jarvis managed to critique most of the competition. Ariba, Commerce One, I2, and Siebel? All history. IBM? A copycat. Microsoft? Vulnerable. Read more »
It's time to start Web services planning
Will 2003 be the "Year of the Web services" and should savvy tech leaders start constructing their Web services road map today? Read more »
Cool Web tools: four IDEs tested
We stack up four development environments for creating Web-based applications. Find out which one best suits your needs. Read more »
James Gosling Q & A
James Gosling was in Australia this week to give two question-and-answer session to local developers. A rare opportunity for local developers, Builder AU was on hand to transcribe the event for those who couldn't make it. Read more »
Servers on a budget: 4 Servers tested
Need a new server but only have AU$2500 to spend? The range of options is suprisingly good as long as you're willing to do without some of the fancy features. Read more »
Will open source kill off the CMS money pit?
Open source gurus comment on content management system enterprise adoption, the effects of OSS, and understanding community goals. Read more »
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Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »
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It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »
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In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.