Practical Technology » Open Source

It’s not just Twitter

sjvn — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:43:25 +0000

A recent Washington Post story observed that Twitter loves open source. Twitter’s not the only ones. Most, if not all, social networks are built on top of Linux and open-source software.

When the writer wrote that Twitter loves open source he wasn’t exaggerating. He was quoting from Twitter’s About Open-Source page. There, Twitter states that, “Twitter [...]

What happens to Sun’s open-source software now?

sjvn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:18:39 +0000

The deal is done. Oracle now owns Sun. Oracle’s main message to Sun’s customers seems to be “Don’t worry, be happy.” That’s not easy when Oracle is not explaining in any detail what it will be doing with open-source software offerings like MySQL, OpenOffice, and OpenSolaris.

In general, we know that Sun’s software product catalog will [...]

Mobile Linux Unification

sjvn — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:59:11 +0000

While Microsoft is finally buying a clue and incorporating its Zune media playing and Xbox game capability into its new Windows Mobile, mobile Linux is making its own improvements. First, Intel and Nokia are merging their mobile Linux distributions into a single operating system: MeeGo. At the same time, Adobe and Google has partnered up [...]