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Google’s Summer of Code wraps for 2006, 09/28/06
With a new web-based tracking system and more mentors, Google’s Summer of Code supported open source software developmentfor more than 100 projects.
Open source Alfresco enters Web content-management arena, 09/28/06
Alfresco Software is readying the final piece of its open source enterprise content-management software suite with the unveiling of a preview of its Web content-management product.
Kernel developers discuss the future of system tracing tools, including KProbes and the Linux Trace Toolkit.
Parallels expands reach with distribution partner, 09/26/06
The start-up that’s winning notoriety for bringing Microsoft’s Windows operating system to the Macintosh platform is expanding its customer reach through a new partnership with its first U.S. distributor.
Open source unlocks options for many small-to-medium sized businesses, 09/25/06
When Tony Losey came to the 3Sixty Group in 2003 he saw that, like many small companies, the manufacturing firm didn’t have much in the way of advanced systems. It was running an old ERP system on machines that dated back to 1992, there was no company Intranet and executives had pushed the company’s Web site, a key business driver, to an outside hosting provider.
Open source firewall company ModSecurity gets acquired, 09/25/06
Breach Security will acquire Thinking Stone, which develops and provides support for an open source Web application firewall called ModSecurity, the companies announced Monday.
X posts successes but faces more work, 09/25/06
The X Window System is on a roll. There’s good news for maintainers and users of the graphics subsystem that powers the visible face of Linux and BSD operating systems, on technical, organizational and licensing fronts. But behind the scenes, developers are seeking help with even more, and more fundamental, work.
