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The Coming Age of Open Source Technology
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| Open source software (OSS) is most commonly
| known as âfreeâ software. However, this does
| not mean âno costâ but rather âfreedom of
| speech.â OSS is software with a special
| license that allows users to shape and change
| it as needed.
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| OSS grants users the freedom to run, copy,
| distribute, study, change, and improve the
| program by way of four essential freedoms.
| These include the freedom to run the program
| for any purpose, to study how the program
| works and change it as needed through access
| to the source code, to redistribute copies to
| benefit others, and finally the freedom to
| improve the program and release the modified
| versions to the public.
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http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/26138/
Five technologies to see huge growth in US gov't, group says
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| In addition to cloud computing and open-
| source software, other technologies that will
| be hot in the U.S. government through 2014
| include virtualization, service-oriented
| architecture and geospatial technologies,
| said Input, an analysis and consulting firm
| focused on government contracting.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/120809-five-technologies-to-see-huge.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Recent:
Open Source or Cloud?
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| Of course, many cloud providers run their environments on open source
| software, so many cloud customers will end up indirectly using open source as
| well. But when seeking faster, cheaper solutions, organizations will need to
| examine the pros and cons of going with an on-premise open source solution,
| versus a pay-as-you-go cloud solution. This may be the next big software
| question of the new decade around the corner.
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http://www.insurancenetworking.com/news/insurance_technology_open_source_cloud_computing_SaaS-12731-1.html
Stallman vs. Clouds
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| Still, I think that RMS is onto something. The core promise of computing,
| even on a vast network that connects us all, is autonomy and independence.
| It's being free (as in freedom) to operate on your own, and to share what's
| meant to be shared in ways that nobody else can control, and to improve
| useful goods in ways that work for everybody. There are, in those core
| values, imperatives that seem at odds with the dependencies that "cloud
| computing" can sometimes involve.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/stallman-vs-clouds
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