Top 24 Free / Open Source Blogging Software

eConsultant released a list of 24 FLOSS Blogging platforms (sorted alphabetically not by rank).

Understanding Open Source Licensing

BSD, MIT, Apache, GPL, MPL, CPL, OSL, AFL…
Understanding the variety of Open/Free Licenses available is important to many.
Developers and companies developing FLOSS products need to understand the license they are / will be using for thier software. In most cases you will preferably have a lawyer to consult with, but understanding the basics will still […]

Democratizing Innovation

Gartner interviewed Eric von Hippel, the author of “Democratizing Innovation“.
I found the interview interesting, and now I will have to read the book…
The main points in the interview, to me, were (in my own words):

Questioning the traditional market research approach and embracing innovation that comes from the users (the flowers metaphor).
Looking at the edge of […]

Download a Working Hibernate Search Example

A working example of Hibernate Search

Database-Based Authentication for PHP Apps

Michael McLaughlin published an article on the Oracle Technology Network about Database-Based Authentication for PHP Apps.
The article is comprehensive, and describes in detail basic concepts.  You will also find sample code, detail designs and step by step procedures.
Enjoy

Red Hat Exchange (RHX web site)

Red Hat launched an exchange website (RHX) for selling and supporting Open Source products, from their business partners.
Read the CNET story

Do enterprise users really want open source? Are you strongly supporting this?

Howard Anderson wrote an interesting post questioning the reasons for supporting Open Source Software on both the vendors and the users point of view.
There are some good points, although I do not agree with all of them.

Open Source Java

Ryan Paul writes about his take on the Sun announcement to liberate JDK and make Java Open Source

The source of Open Source - Boredom!

I liked this post by Chris Anderson.
Chris claims that the power of human “Spare Cycles” (a.k.a spare time) is the driver behind Open Source, Web 2.0 and more.
Although somewhat different, Google’s approach of encouraging their employees to use 20% of their spare time for pursuing projects they are passionate about (and the results of […]

Smith goes Open Source

As of yesterday, a quote from the Smith Project website:
“Smith goes open-source.
After the very positive feedback from the ColdFusion® Developer Community, youngculture decided to open source its ColdFusion® Server “Smith”. Till the end of April Smith Application Server has been downloaded more than 6′000 times.
Developers are welcome to join the project. The project is published […]

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