October 2, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on IBM and Canonical work together in financial services
Yes, IBM bought Red Hat, but as Chris Wright, Red Hat‘s CTO, recently told me, “We’re fundamentally a separate entity from IBM.” Want proof of that? In NYC, Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical, Ubuntu Linux‘s parent company, and Ross Mauri, general manager … Continue reading
September 30, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Docker is in deep trouble
Docker, the technology, is the poster child for containers. But it appears Docker, the business, is in trouble. In a leaked memo, Docker CEO Rob Bearden praised workers — despite the “uncertainty [which] brings with it significant challenges” and “persevering in … Continue reading
September 26, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Leave GNOME alone: This patent troll is asking for trouble
Rothschild Patent Imaging (RPI) suing the GNOME Foundation for violating its “wireless image distribution system and method patent” (US Patent No. 9,936,086) doesn’t make much sense. But when has that ever stopped a patent troll? The GNOME application in question, Shotwell, is a personal photo … Continue reading
March 12, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Open Distro for Elasticsearch is Amazon’s move to show it’s pro-open source
Amazon Web Services (AWS) just launched Open Distro for Elasticsearch. This program takes AWS’s recent proprietary additions to Elasticsearch and open sources them under the Apache 2.0 license. That sounds good. Shay Banon, co-founder of Elasticsearchand CEO of Elastic, its parent company, sees … Continue reading
February 20, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The battle between real open source vs. faux open source heats up
On February 19, Redis Labs, the home of Redis, the popular open-source in-memory data structure store, announced it has raised $60 million in new financing. Redis Labs CEO Ofer Bengal told Ars Technica that one reason for this was its new “open-source” Common Clauselicense. “The … Continue reading
February 19, 2019
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Ubuntu 18.04.2 refreshes this long-term support Linux distro
Do you want the best compromise between the latest and greatest open-source software and the stability of an established Linux? If that’s you, and you’re an Ubuntu user, then you want Ubuntu 18.04.2. This latest version of Ubuntu 18.04, the Long-Term Support (LTS) edition, … Continue reading