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Austrian Armed Forces switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice

The switch to open source is being done to strengthen the country's technological autonomy.

By Viktor Eriksson

Sep 30, 20252 mins

Microsoft OfficeOffice SuitesOpen Source

Articles

Useful R functions you might not know

By Sharon Machlis

Nov 21, 2018 11 mins

Business IntelligenceOpen SourceR Language

Why now is the time for WebRTC

Utilized by billions of users and thousands of applications, this open-source technology has finally become the new standard for real-time communications over the web.

By Shan Sinha

Apr 26, 2018 5 mins

BrowsersSmall and Medium BusinessTechnology Industry

Firefox Quantum: A leap forward, or a fatal trip?

Firefox Quantum is faster, but users will lose all their rich extensions.

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Nov 27, 2017 4 mins

BrowsersFirefoxInternet

An under-pressure OpenStack gets support from an (in)famous individual

The strangest of bedfellows. Edward Snowden gives OpenStack some much needed support.

By Ben Kepes

May 17, 2017 4 mins

Cloud ComputingOpen Source

Suse fronts up -- there’s a method to their (perceived) madness

I’m known for my bluntness and strong opinions. And so it was with HPE’s divestment of Stackato and OpenStack. Suse runs me through their thinking.

By Ben Kepes

May 9, 2017 6 mins

Cloud ComputingOpen SourcePaaS

Dell EMC's newest switches will come with its open network OS

The company will let customers buy the data-center switches with OS10 or add their own OS

By Stephen Lawson

May 8, 2017 3 mins

NetworkingOpen Source

At DockerCon, another one of those PR fail stories

A PR failure. But in this case it doesn't involve United or burly policemen.

By Ben Kepes

Apr 21, 2017 5 mins

Data CenterOpen Source

When pure play isn’t: Mirantis releases Kubernetes distro

My days of describing Mirantis as the most fun, pure-play OpenStack vendor are over. Breadth is the new survival tactic

By Ben Kepes

Apr 21, 2017 4 mins

Data CenterOpen Source

How will future cars stay up-to-date? Make them open like a PC

An upcoming paper proposes the auto industry consider 'open cars' -- cars open to third-party tech upgrades and security researchers

By Michael Kan

Apr 14, 2017 6 mins

Open SourceSecurity

AT&T tests open switches for better future services

The carrier takes a programmable chip from foundry to network in less than three months

By Stephen Lawson

Apr 5, 2017 4 mins

CarriersNetworkingOpen Source

AT&T trials open switches for better future services

The carrier took a programmable chip from foundry to network in less than three months

By Stephen Lawson

Apr 4, 2017 4 mins

NetworkingOpen Source

New ONOS release helps automate network configuration

The open networking software is tapping into YANG to work with devices and services

By Stephen Lawson

Apr 3, 2017 2 mins

NetworkingOpen Source

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Austrian Armed Forces switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice

Bill Gates' early BASIC code for MOS 6502 released as open source

Microsoft has revived classic text editor from 1991

Windows Subsystem for Linux becomes open source

Mozilla unveils Gmail challenger Thundermail

Coming soon — a fully open reconstruction of Deepseek-R1

Linux gets support for the Copilot key

Blockchain/IoT integration accelerates, hits a 'sweet spot'

Tetrate emerges from stealth to bring service mesh to the enterprise

Articles

Useful R functions you might not know

Why now is the time for WebRTC

Firefox Quantum: A leap forward, or a fatal trip?

An under-pressure OpenStack gets support from an (in)famous individual

Suse fronts up -- there’s a method to their (perceived) madness

Dell EMC's newest switches will come with its open network OS

At DockerCon, another one of those PR fail stories

When pure play isn’t: Mirantis releases Kubernetes distro

How will future cars stay up-to-date? Make them open like a PC

AT&T tests open switches for better future services

AT&T trials open switches for better future services

New ONOS release helps automate network configuration

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