HP solution tracks open source licenses
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| An HP spokesperson noted that his company is not opposed to the use of open
| source code. Rather, the intent is to create communities of open source users
| for the sharing of experiences and best practices, remarked Jeffrey Wade,
| HP's worldwide Linux marketing manager.
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http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=22912
Is Dead Code Worth Open Sourcing?
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| Dave says: “no. Then yes. And finally, a definite maybe.”
|
| Personally, I'd say definitely “yes”, for the simple reason that you can't
| lose open-sourcing “dead” code. If some part of it is useful – maybe all of
| it – to somebody, it will live on; even if it's not useful now, it might be
| one day – who knows? And even if it's *never* useful, what have you lost?
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=467&blogid=14
That's from Adobe.
Related:
Welcome to the FOSSBazaar
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| The origins of free software mean that resources for hackers abound,
| including those working in companies. But help for the other side of the
| equation – the managers of those coders and their code – is far thinner on
| the ground. That makes the creation of FOSSBazaar particularly welcome...
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=415&blogid=14
HP launches new open source initiatives
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| Hewlett-Packard wants to provide support to businesses using open source
| software. In her keynote speech at the Open Source Meets Business (OSBM)
| conference organised by Heise-Verlag, taking place this week in Nuremberg,
| Christine Martino, the company's Vice President "Open Source and Linux
| Organisation" announced the release of FOSSology and the launch of the
| FOSSBazaar platform.
|
| The initiative makes use of HP's experiences and tools developed by HP in the
| course of its own use of open source software within the company and with its
| customers. FOSSology is a tool to allow developers and IT buyers to locate
| open source software within the enterprise to make it easier to implement
| tasks such as licence management. The agent based toolset can be downloaded
| under the GPLv2 from the project website.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/102398/from/rss09
Big Debian Linux Payday For HP
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| In fiscal 2006, $25 million in hardware sales in EMEA (Europe,
| Middle East and Africa) were directly related to HP's Debian
| support.
|
| "I was pretty shocked when I found out about this," Jeffrey
| Wade, worldwide marketing manager of open source and Linux at
| HP, told internetnews.com.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3661481
The Penguin comes in from the cold
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| In fact, three months ago, Hewlett-Packard and Red Hat launched a
| pre-installed Linux desktop, the HP Compaq dx2250, in Australia.
|
| Aimed at small to medium businesses, the dx2250 comes pre-loaded with the Red
| Hat Enterprise Linux 5 desktop operating system.
|
| The desktop comes in myriad forms including AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core, AMD
| Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron processors, and prices start at $600.
|
| The machine is sold through HP's reseller network and Red Hat offers
| technical support.
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http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22822516-24169,00.html
HP To Expand Effort On Linux PCs
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| Hewlett-Packard, the world's Number 1 PC maker, will try selling pre-loaded
| Linux on PCs in several countries as it expands a test program -- evaluating
| a market that some competitors have already entered -- as it moves its
| personal computer business into a new generation of form factors and
| functionality.
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http://www.crn.com/software/201807523
HP offers peek at next-gen gadgets
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| HP has unveiled some of the gadgets it is working on in its worldwide
| laboratories.
|
| [...]
|
| The e-book attracted most interest from delegates at the HP Mobility
| Summit in Shanghai. It uses touch sensitive strips on the base of
| the rectangular unit to select books and turn pages, runs a Linux
| OS and has a USB port to install new titles.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2189600/hp-plans-touchscreen-ebook
Q&A: HP exec says Linux Foundation wants to push OS toward common ground
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| You didn't hear much about it in North America, but over the last six
| months or so, I'm personally hearing a lot more interest in Linux on the
| desktop. It's definitely a focus for the foundation. I think it's an area
| that is kind of a "watch this space" for the next couple [of] years.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9016294&source=rss_news10
http://tinyurl.com/ysjlye
Orbiting Debian: Interview with Bdale Garbee
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| It's a really exciting time to be in this industry. With the kinds
| of phenomenal growth rates we're seeing, Linux and the whole of open
| source is one of the brighter stars in the IT sky right now.
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http://tuxdeluxe.org/node/108
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