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The new struggles facing open source

The religious wars have faded, as new conflicts around control, code ‘sharecropping,’ ‘fauxpen source,’ and n00b-sniping arise The early days of open source were fraught with religious animosities we feared would tear apart the movement: free software fundamentalists haggling with open source pragmatists over how many Apache licenses would fit on the head of a […]

SDN in 2014: A year of non-stop action

Review of dozens of SDN moves may hint at what’s in store for 2015 The past year was a frantic one in the SDN industry as many players made strategic and tactical moves to either get out ahead of the curve on software-defined networking, or try to offset its momentum. December Juniper unveils a version […]

Open sources software’s are expensive than Microsoft

Microsoft cheaper to use than open source software, UK CIO says British government says every time they compare FOSS to MSFT, Redmond wins.   A UK government CIO says that every time government citizens evaluate open source and Microsoft products, Microsoft products forever come out cheaper in the long run.   Jos Creese, CIO of […]

Weighing the IT implications of implementing SDNs

Software-defined anything has myriad issues for data centers to consider before implementation Software Defined Networks should make IT execs think about a lot of key factors before implementation. Issues such as technology maturity, cost efficiencies, security implications, policy establishment and enforcement, interoperability and operational change weigh heavily on IT departments considering software-defined data centers. But […]

Dangerous Linux Trojan could be sign of things to come

RSA expert details “Hand of Thief” banking Trojan Desktop Linux users accustomed to a relatively malware-free lifestyle should get more vigilant in the near future – a researcher at RSA has detailed the existence of the “Hand of Thief” Trojan, which specifically targets Linux. According to cyber intelligence expert Limor Kessem, Hand of Thief operates […]

Google Android roundup: Why did JBQ leave AOSP?

Android news/rumors: The end of an era, plus giant robots annoyed as LG removes “optimus” title from latest release, Android’s continued domination and why people think it’s doomed, and a Moto X engineer hates back on critics The Android realm is not a physical place, else we would have seen flags flying at half-mast and […]

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