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Sun revokes FreeBSD's Java licence
The open source FreeBSD project has had its licence to view the Java source code revoked by Sun, according to the FreeBSD Foundation's latest newsletter. Read more »
Melbourne gets ready for open source codefest
If developing code in open source languages and spending time with luminaries in the local developer community sounds like a good way to spend a few days off work, you should probably consider spending early December in Melbourne at the inaugural Open Source Developers Conference. (OSDC) Read more »
25-year-old BSD bug found and fixed
A Unix developer has discovered and fixed a filesystem bug in Berkeley Software Distribution, a widely used, open-source, Unix-like operating system, discovering in the process that the bug was at least 25 years old. Read more »
NetBSD makes cash plea
Developers of the highly portable operating system have made a plea for users to donate "cold, hard cash" to the open source project. Read more »
Open-source board eyes fewer licenses
The Open Source Initiative, an influential open-source organisation, is devising ways to cut down on the rising number of open-source licenses attached to software. Read more »
Developer aims for Dtrace on FreeBSD
One of the most useful tidbits from the basket of code released into the public domain this year by Sun Microsystems is likely to make it to the FreeBSD platform. Read more »
OpenBSD founder makes funding plea
Developers at OpenBSD have admitted that the organisation is running at a loss, and they want to increase annual income to continue funding the development of the project's open-source operating system. Read more »
Sybase releases 'first free production database for Linux'
The database company is going head to head with PostgreSQL and MySQL with a free version of its ASE database for Linux. Read more »
CollabNet launches hosted Subversion service
An on-demand, turnkey version of the popular source code control application may make distributed development faster and simpler. Read more »
FreeBSD vows to compete with desktop Linux
Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. Read more »
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FreeBSD gets Java Development Kit
The FreeBSD Foundation has released a binary distribution of the Java Development Kit for its Unix-based operating system, FreeBSD, marking the first time the operating system has sported native Java support. Read more »
Free framework looks to simplify Ajax development
Adobe's Spry framework for Ajax is meant primarily for users who are Web design professionals or advanced nonprofessional Web designers. Here's a look into obtaining and using it. Read more »
Open source vs. open standards
Sun's software czar Jonathan Schwartz writes that the terms are not interchangeable, a point that often gets overlooked. He explains why it pays to read more closely. Read more »
Developer spotlight: Bryan Cantrill
Bryan Cantrill is an engineer at Sun Microsystems responsible for the invention of DTrace, a dynamic tracing facility in Solaris 10 that can identify bottlenecks and increase system performance. Read more »
Develop a fully functional site with DotNetNuke
The open source DotNetNuke framework allows you to create a powerful Web application using an out-of-the-box solution. Read more »
Mono 2.0: .NET goes non-Windows
We interview Miguel de Icaza, VP of Development Platforms and a founder of Mono to find out what is and is not included in the latest release. Read more »
RIFE with possibilities
Developing a web-based application is never a small undertaking. At the very best it's a lot of work just to develop the code that does whatever it is your application is supposed to do but before you even get to the point of writing your application's code, you have to decide what you going to write it in. Read more »
VMware's US$200,000 virtualisation challenge
Fancy coding virtual appliances? Then you might be in with a chance... Read more »
J2EE Servers Stink
Our project is behind schedule. My other projects are now way behind schedule. And it's all because of the complexity and low quality of J2EE servers. Read more »
Unix pioneer an open-source killjoy?
Bill Joy, Sun's chief scientist and a pioneer in designing Unix, has voiced doubts about Linux's open-source underpinnings. Read more »
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The Adobe lab's abode
-- You may want to take a look inside some of the latest releases from the Adobe Lab. 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.