Developers are digging into the recently released Ruby on Rails 1.2, a major update to the much-buzzed-about open-source Web development framework. Its star addition: the adoption of representational state transfer (REST) software architecture.
For 15 years, the current version of the GNU General Public License (GPL) has remained untouched. Yet this spring, the GPL's author will release a controversial new version of the license -- a move that's already sending tremors along the software industry's fault lines.
Both NASA and NATO are using open standards-based software in high-profile projects (IBM Rational Rose Real-Time in NASA's James Webb Space Telescope project, and TENET Technology's use of GML for its recently announced GIS contract with NATO).
Microsoft and Novell announced a five-year patent and technology agreement around Microsoft software and Novell's SUSE Linux software. Is it love or a declaration of war?
Phishing schemes are proliferating, yet most companies remain in the dark about this threat. One solution to the problem: TrueCrypt 4.2 encryption software.
Eric A. Hall was looking for a Linux distro that combines stability with the capabilities needed to test bleeding-edge technology. After a long search, he found that openSUSE 10.2 was up to the job.
Companies that keep their intellectual property too close to the vest risk missing out on critical business innovations that idea-sharing could generate. Open business models foster collaboration with customers and suppliers to everyone's benefit.
