Articles tagged ‘control’

Sun's annual Java Developer Conference in San Francisco this May brought waves of technology announcements. There were lots of lights, camera and even action towards opening up Java.

Governments should utilize Information Technology (IT) procurement policy to help achieve transparency, competition, measurement and efficiency in the purchasing process. A policy which incorporates open source as a choice for solutions complements the role of standards. Open source and open standards together can help strengthen a framework for procuring and delivering solutions to meet the needs of government.

Opponents of OSS are gearing up for a propaganda war of unprecedented proportions.

Boxed in by falling market share, Sun needs to learn to fly with all players in the open source community.

Malaysia jumps to the forefront of the world’s growing official support for the Penguin by making OSS a procurement preference for government purchases.

My enemy’s enemy is not my friend! The shadow world created to exploit proprietary software hurts both the proprietary vendor and open source software.

Microsoft adds a new member to its circle of trust.

Governments are choosing Open Source Software (OSS) to encourage competition while keeping costs low and quality high - so let’s examine what OSS is all about.

Open source is key to IBM’s vision of computing. User empowerment is key to Microsoft’s.

Government is the largest user of software in a society. But just as importantly, it also must promote, build and protect a country’s indigenous software industry.