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Open-source bug hunt project expands

March 28, 2007 Bug tally is at 6,000 on the first anniversary of government-sponsored project, which is adding more open-source code to scan. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, open source, project, Symantec Corp.

A look inside Google's open-source kitchen

December 13, 2006 Google's Chris DiBona says the search giant has a lot of involvement in open source, but is also a firm believer in proprietary software. TAGS: open source, open-source developer, open-source project, Google Inc., phishing, open-source software, social networking, project, code, activity, Java

Microsoft to support Chinese document standard

May 21, 2007 The company will sponsor an open-source project to create converter between Ecma Open XML and Chinese standard. Also: new ODF converters. TAGS: ECMA, OpenDocument Format, open-source project, SourceForge, converter, Microsoft PowerPoint, open source, Microsoft Excel, document, Microsoft Corp.

Security from A to Z: Open source

November 27, 2006 Experts have issued warnings of complacency over security in open-source projects. Part of a series on hot security topics. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, open source, open-source software, security, Firefox, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.

Site helps developers navigate open-source jungle

July 14, 2006 Ohloh compiles data on open-source projects, in an effort to help people find, compare software and choose the right one. TAGS: open-source project, open source, co-founder, open-source community, developer, project, directory, database, analysis, Microsoft Corp.

Open season on OpenDocument

July 6, 2006 Battle takes turn Microsoft announces sponsorhip of an open-source project to create a OpenDocument converter. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, open-source project, open standard, open source, converter, OpenOffice, XML, Microsoft Corp.

Liberty Alliance courts open-source projects

January 23, 2007 Group aims to make it easier for open-source developers to use its specifications for sharing identity data in applications. TAGS: Liberty Alliance, open-source developer, open source, open-source project, specification, identity, Web service, standards

Oracle gets Groovy with open-source project

May 12, 2006 The database giant will participate in Grails, an open-source development that combines the Groovy scripting language and Java infrastructure. TAGS: scripting language, Oracle Corp., open-source project, open source, Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., language

Mozilla plans to fund developer community

March 22, 2006 "While we have funds beyond our operating levels, some of it should to go to community members," company CEO says. TAGS: Mitchell Baker, fund, open-source project, Mozilla Corp., contributor, foundation, open source, community, Yahoo! Inc., CEO

Open-source P2P projects keep swapping

July 15, 2005 Supreme Court ruling casts cloud over commercial file-trading companies, but independent projects continue unabated. TAGS: file-swapping, Shareaza, open source, file-trading, open-source project, Grokster Ltd., court, piracy, project, P2P, lawyer, LimeWire, software company, programming

Open-source consortium wins EC funding

October 23, 2006 The European Commission is committing millions of euros to a consortium examining the quality of open-source code. TAGS: consortium, Coverity, open source, open-source project, open-source software, project

Developers fast to fix open-source bugs

April 4, 2006 Holes in popular open-source packages found in a government-funded scan were plugged swiftly, Coverity says. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, open source, Samba, defect, bug, flaw, developer, analysis, U.S., database

LAMP lights the way in open-source security

March 6, 2006 U.S. government-sponsored analysis finds that the most popular open-source software is also the most free of bugs. TAGS: Coverity, open-source project, open source, defect, open-source software, analysis, bug, PHP, Linux, security, U.S., database, Microsoft Corp.

IBM spearheads Ajax tools at Eclipse

February 1, 2006 Open Ajax is a proposed open-source project to let programmers build Web apps using Eclipse, Ajax toolkits. TAGS: AJAX, BEA Systems Inc., toolkit, open-source project, IBM Corp., development tool, Web application, open source, software company

Open-source group wants educational patent reversed

December 1, 2006 The Software Freedom Law Center says the "junk patent" threatens open-source projects. The holder says it's willing to deal--but the group asks too much. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source project, claim, center, teacher

Wiki start-up taps open source to lure new users

July 25, 2006 Looking for more users, wiki appliance company MindTouch will open source its business wiki software and a Web development framework. TAGS: Wiki, open source, open-source project, Microsoft .NET, XML, start-up, server, Microsoft Corp.

Mozilla finally turns 1.0

June 5, 2002 The browser software, four years in the making in an open-source project, arrives on the Web. Netscape says developers wanted to be sure it would "be ready for prime time." TAGS: Netscape 6, Mozilla Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., open-source project, Document Object Model, Time Warner Inc., open source, standards, Web browser, developer, Microsoft Corp.

IBM tunes up for Jazz open-source project

January 30, 2007 Set to launch in June, Jazz aims to modernize development tools for programming teams that are geographically spread out. TAGS: software development, development tool, IBM Corp., Stephen O'Grady, open-source project, open source, framework, programmer, general manager, software company, IM, Microsoft Corp.

HP balks at patent provision in GPL update

August 2, 2006 So far, Hewlett-Packard prefers the earlier GPL, raising the specter that two versions of the license will survive. TAGS: GPLv3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source project, license, open source, party, HP, work, Linux
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