May 12, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Out-of-date, insecure open-source software is everywhere
Open source rules. Everyone from Apple to Microsoft to Zoom uses it. Don’t believe me? Synopsys, a software and silicon design company, which also covers intellectual property, reported in its 2020 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report that nearly all (99%) of audited … Continue reading
May 12, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Google vs. Oracle: The next chapter
Ten years ago, Oracle, desperate to monetize its failed Sun purchase, sued Google to squeeze profits out of its use of Java APIs in Android. Oracle won its point — that application programming interfaces (APIs) were subject to copyright. More recently, Google got the Supreme … Continue reading
May 8, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The best way to protect the US electrical grid is with open source
Recently, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to protect the US electricity grid from cyber attacks by blocking power-equipment imports from “foreign adversaries.” Presumably, that includes Russia, Iran, and — most important of all — China. There’s only one problem with … Continue reading
May 6, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on The Fairphone ethical smartphone is now available with the Google-less Android /e/OS operating system
p>Almost all smartphones lock you into expensive, pretty prisons. They look great, but you can’t repair them, and they watch your every move. But now there’s the Fairphone 3, which lets you fix the hardware yourself, paired up with the … Continue reading
April 30, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Abby Kearns takes over as Puppet CTO
After more than a decade as the head of the popular open-source, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud Cloud Foundry, Abby Kearns is now the CTO of top DevOps program Puppet. Kearns recently left Cloud Foundry in the capable hands of Chip Childers. … Continue reading
April 29, 2020
by sjvn01
Comments Off on Fedora 32 released with Lenovo support
Fedora isn’t a Linux for everyone. But, for developers who want the most from their Linux desktop, you can’t beat it. This latest edition, like its predecessors, brings together the best and latest open-source programs for programmers. As Fedora Project … Continue reading