Articles tagged ‘opensource’

In this article, the author tracks the progress of adoption of open source software across the world. In search of technologies best suited for their countries, governments around the world are looking into Linux and open source software technologies.

Governments can neither create nor destroy successful technologies. They can, however, promote the welfare of a healthy and competitive software and technology industry and in turn benefit from increased revenue.

For those who are looking for inexpensive automation tools, Linux can provide various point solutions toward a more comprehensive ERP capability. The pieces include a variety of high-quality free and commercial databases, best-of-breed Web services and application server technology, and emerging commercial-quality accounting packages. Even complete ERP systems are beginning to be built in the Linux and Open Source communities.

Eqlplus is a Linux modem combining strategy based upon IP masquerading and the kernel eql driver. Modern browsers typically open many simultaneous HTTP TCP-based connections to fetch text and images from remote servers. TCP multiplexing distributes these simultaneous connections across several active links thereby increasing the apparent bandwidth to the Web user.

This author writes on the dynamics of the ‘Bazaar’ and the forces and conditions that influence it. The author contends that the Linux ‘Bazaar’ is not simply a loose collection of vendors and other proponents, motivated only by mutual recognition. The ‘Bazaar’ really operates on a larger stage. When forces of the larger stage organize around a dominant restrictive group, a reactionary force is generated in the remaining community. Over time, this reactive force propels various alternatives.