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Community-Source Development Appeals in Tough Times
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| A combination of traditional and open-source development models, community
| source can save companies money and reduce vendor lock-in.
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| The concept of community-source development is catching on with enterprise
| organizations, both inside and outside of corporate and organizational walls
| for its ability to cut costs, increase collaboration and avoid vendor
| lock-in.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/CommunitySource-Development-Appeals-in-Tough-Times/
Recent:
Linux Provides Steady IT Foundation for Banks in a Tough Economic Climate
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| Times are tough in the banking industry. According to the AP, 100,000 bank
| employees have been laid off over the past two years. Overall, banking
| industry unemployment has almost tripled and bank stocks have cratered. Even
| with astronomical bailout money becoming available, banks are looking for
| ways to consolidate.
|
| [...]
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| In this environment, Linux provides a distinct competitive advantage. Linux
| has zero licensing fees, so pure cost is a key benefit. Linux support can be
| found at almost any level; from free e-mail and bulletin boards to 24/7
| mission critical support via enterprise subscriptions. Banks that are running
| Linux have an operating system with support for the greatest number of chip
| architectures, hardware platforms and forms of computing (blades to
| mainframe).
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http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2009/02/04/linux-provides-steady-it-foundation-for-banks-in-a-tough-economic-climate/
Red Hat CEO: priorities and apologies part of managing
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| Today he's CEO of Red Hat, the open-source Linux software company, where he's
| flying high. The Raleigh company's software is cheaper than proprietary
| products from rivals such as Sun Microsystems, which helped it post a 22
| percent jump in revenue in the quarter that ended in November despite the
| recession.
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http://www.newsobserver.com/business/story/1364763.html
Red Hat's new chief: A pragmatic believer?
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| Does the patent settlement you announced recently [with FireStar Software]
| that is consistent with the GPL mean that you are in a better position to be
| able to settle your patent dispute with Microsoft?
|
| [Jim Whitehurst:] The problem is that we don't know what the Microsoft
| [patent threat] is. They have said in the past that 235 patents [are
| infringed by Linux] and we have yet to see what any of them are.
| Conceptually, it should be possible but, again, we don't know what we are
| talking about there.
|
| When was the last time you spoke to Microsoft regarding patents?
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| [Jim Whitehurst:] I am sure, as a company, we have an ongoing dialogue on a
| lot of things. I have had dialogue at a senior level, but it has been more on
| how we can work better on interoperability for customers; I haven't had any
| direct conversations around the patent issue.
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http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39436604,00.htm
Red Hat Fedora Claims It's the Leader in Linux
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| Red Hat's Fedora community Linux distribution has now tallied its user base,
| and it's a number that on the surface would make it the largest installed
| base of any Linux distribution, with at least 9.5 million users and possibly
| as many as 10.5 million.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3786726/Red+Hat+Fedora+Claims+Its+the+Leader+in+Linux.htm
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