By Simon Phipps Database startup FoundationDB mysteriously vanished at the end of last month, along with both the downloads of its proprietary database and its open source projects. As it turned out, Apple …read more Source:: OpenSource
Month: April 2015
UK Government Now Main Driver of ODF Advance: Kudos
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By editor@techworld.com (Glyn Moody) Back in July last year, I wrote about an incredible opportunity for the open source world. After years of disappointments, and despite the usual lobbying/threats by a certain large US …read more Source:: Open Source
How not to market OpenStack: A lesson from Nebula’s failure
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By Serdar Yegulalp Nebula, maker of a hardware-based OpenStack turnkey solution, closed its doors on April 1. No joke. The company, which was founded by one of OpenStack’s original progenitors, failed in big part …read more Source:: OpenSource
An Approach To Converge The Worlds of Big Data And BI
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By editor@techworld.com (Forrester Analysts) Contrary to some of the market hype, data democratisation and big data do not eliminate the need for the “BI 101” basics, such as data governance, data quality, master data …read more Source:: Open Source
Windows goes open source? Microsoft plays coy
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By Paul Krill Could Microsoft’s open source advocacy ever result in the company offering its cash cow Windows OS up to open source? It’s possible, according to one Microsoft official, though his comments …read more Source:: OpenSource