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Hi , I am planning to start learning Java Programming and getting into Open Source Development specially android. Prior to this I had some experience in developing applications based on C#/.NET. The reason I am looking to switch from .NET to Java is because of Open Source and stability of...

I have been searching this for qite some time but am unsuccessful. Could you tell me open-source or at least free alternatives to Microsoft Flight and Train Simulators.

It's a convenient fiction that Microsoft is the source of all evil in the technology world, particularly for a vocal minority within the open-source community. For such people, Microsoft hate is an excuse for a distinct lack of introspection, and credits Microsoft with far better execution...

Nokia urges Linux developers to learn business sorry for posting it late.. i forgot this article.. anyway its worth of knowing about it.. P.S i dont know wht nokia is thinking about open source ??? *news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39432956,00.htm

Whole world is going Open Source Way. Now its the turn of nVidia. :p :o :D :eek:

The Standish group recently completed an extensive study that examines factors influencing open-source adoption. Based on five years of research and analysis, the report provides intriguing insights into open-source adoption levels and the way that open source is reshaping the software industry...

For the past several weeks we have been referencing AMD's "tcore" in several of our articles, which is a user-space software suite that has been developed and used internally at ATI by engineers to work on various aspects of their binary drivers. Tcore is primarily used for testing prior to the...

"Phoronix is reporting that future AMD GPUs will be more open-source friendly. After AMD started releasing their GPG specifications to the open-source community, questions arose whether there would be information covering the Unified Video Decoder (UVD) found on the Radeon HD 2000 graphics...

The Dutch government has set a soft deadline of April 2008 for its agencies to start using open-source software — freely distributed programs that anyone can modify — the Netherlands Economic Affairs Ministry said Thursday. Government organizations will still be able to use proprietary software...

Most of us agree that open source is a good thing. But then, so is fresh fruit and exercise, and it's very easy to pay lip service to all these things without doing anything about it. Open source has at its heart a big idea, which some find uncomfortable and others find liberating: it's about...

Posted 06/13/07 18:22 U.S. Navy OKs Open Source Software By BRAD PENISTON Firefox users, rejoice! The chief information officer (CIO) for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps...

I am posting the topic here because of open source software where as many ( read 10 ) minds by default think open-source means linux . I am an windows guy , I do nothing but only customize the windows with WINDOWBLINDS 5.5 . actually its a shareware and its date is ending . So I need an...

Henri Richard, AMD's VP of sales, has promised to deliver open-source drivers for ATI graphics cards (recently acquired by AMD) at the recent Red Hat Summit. A series of good news for proponents of open-source device drivers. In the last year, Intel, the leading provider of integrated graphics...

Microsoft Goes Open Source? Part of its Silverlight technology source code is expected to be released to developers. read: *www.pcworld.com/article/id,131331-pg,1/article.html

April 26, 2007 -- Adobe Systems Inc. today unveiled a new version of its Flex SDK development tool set, code-named Moxie, along with plans to provide its code to the open-source community. The next version of the standards-based language and programming model, slated to ship by the end of...

I hope this isn't repeated! Searched but not found...so here u have it! Source!

Hurray. Here is the link for more:- *www.xbitlabs.com/news/mainboards/display/20070223145912.html

read: *www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ballmer_repeats_threats_against_Linux/0,130061733,339273726,00.htm this is the umpteenth reason why M$ sux:mad: Software patents are non existent...who cares..no one dare...unless he is microsoft fan:(

Snort, the open-source intrusion-detection software, is vulnerable to hackers, its developers said this week. Snort's popularity has grown as many businesses have been tempted away from expensive proprietary intrusion-detection systems. Advocates of Snort argue that it is more secure than...

Steve Ballmer has reissued Microsoft's patent threat against Linux, warning open-source vendors that they must respect his company's intellectual property. ...said the company's partnership with Novell, which it signed in November 2006, "demonstrated clearly the value of intellectual...