01 Nov 09 ESR pressure made feminists host detractor's code

Pressure from open source luminary Eric S. Raymond led to geek feminists hosting code created by one of their detractors, which otherwise would have disappeared for good, a post on...
Tagi: detractor, detractors, feminists, open source

15 Dec 09 ERP vendor Nexedi offers to take over MySQL

French ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Nexedi made a public bid Monday to take over stewardship of the open-source MySQL database from Sun Microsystems, offering a symbolic €1 in return.

Tagi: sun microsystems, erp vendor, anning, mday, stewardship, open source

27 Feb 10 Adafruit's Monochron retro clock now on sale, changes time with every match point

You might have the vaguest of memories seeing this piece before -- it made a cameo in an Engadget Show segment -- but here we are with a much clearer picture of Adafruit Industries' Monochron clock, now also on sale! As is its modus operandi, the timepiece is open source... but should you plan on sticking to default, you'll be gifted with a great retro-style Table Tennis for two. The best part? The time changes whenever the clock "loses" -- something tells us that gives one side at least a 59-to-1 advantage. See for yourself after the break.

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Tagi: match point, fri, retro style, time changes, timepiece, cameo, tenn, clock, segment, nbsp, memories, open source

03 Mar 10 LiMo Foundation Seeks Alliance With WAC

The mobile Linux trade group believes that a partnership with the Wholesale Applications Community will help open source gain a foothold in the mobile app market.


Tagi: mobile linux, foothold, wac, trade group, limo, open source, wholesale, partnership, linux

07 Mar 10 Group seeks to open source data-center design

A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry.

The Open Source Data Center Initiative, announced this week, will act as a repository and test bed for mechanical and engineering advances in data-center design, which it hopes will be submitted by small engineering firms, graduate students doing research with federal grant money, and others.

Tagi: source data, engineering firms, federal grant, mey, industry group, test bed, doing research, graduate students, repository, open source, initiative, data center design