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Salon.com May 16, 2001 Andrew Leonard |
Life after Eazel What does the collapse of one of the most prominent open-source start-ups mean for the future of free software? |
Salon.com July 25, 2000 Andrew Leonard |
Eazel does it With its nifty Nautilus file manager, Eazel might make Linux safe for the desktop. |
Salon.com March 6, 2001 Ed Frauenheim |
Crafting the free-software future At VA Linux's SourceForge, thousands of programmers are collaborating for both love and money... |
Salon.com November 15, 2002 Andrew Leonard |
AbiWord up Booms come and busts go, but open-source developers keep improving the alternatives to Microsoft's "standards." |
InternetNews March 31, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
GNOME 2.6 Out to Up Linux Desktop Stakes Is the Linux Desktop ready for prime time? The minds behind the GNOME Project say latest release could help promote wider acceptance. |
Linux Journal April 2000 Brian R. Marshall |
The Generation Gap An examination of the issues involved with the use of open-source software components in closed-source applications. |
PC World May 2001 Scott Spanbauer |
A Lovelier Linux Boosts Its Hardware Support Linux updates its OS with more hardware support and a better-looking interface... |
Wired October 2001 Russ Mitchell |
Open War It started as a crusade for free source code. Linux zealots turned it into a full-frontal assault on Microsoft. Now the battle for the desktop could snatch defeat from the jaws of moral victory... |
BusinessWeek January 31, 2005 Steve Hamm |
Linux Inc. Linus Torvalds once led a ragtag band of software geeks. Not anymore. Here's an inside look at how the unusual Linux business model increasingly threatens Microsoft. |
Fast Company November 1999 William C. Taylor |
Inspired by Work What's most intriguing about "open-source" software isn't what it does -- it's how it gets created. Eric S. Raymond, open-source evangelist, explains why and how these programmers do their work -- and what that means for the rest of us. |
PC Magazine November 25, 2003 |
If You Don't Do Windows Linux developers have polished their desktops, and those at Apple have created their richest OS to date, making both OSs more appealing than ever to the mainstream PC owner. |
CIO October 15, 2000 James Barron |
Something For Nothing - Interview: Eric Von Hippel & Karim Lakhani Using free and readily available open-source software can help unleash innovation in your company... |
CIO May 1, 2002 Gary Beach |
An Apple for the Enterprise An Apple for the enterprise -- how about an iMac on your desktop? Steve Jobs, if he is serious about making Apple into a feared technology power, should make a special iMac model for enterprises that runs a Linux client OS... |
Salon.com October 31, 2000 Andrew Leonard |
Triumph of the free-software will The passion of open-source hackers may make their success inevitable. Impugn it at your peril... |
CIO March 15, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Making Open Source Pay -- A Developer's Dilemma Even the companies that have managed to successfully sell themselves as service and support providers for open source have struggled to find a winning business model. |
CIO March 1, 2004 Malcolm Wheatley |
The Myths of Open Source - Open Source It isn't all about cheap: Companies keep finding good reasons to take advantage of open-source software like Linux. |
Salon.com May 11, 1999 Andrew Leonard |
Linux for dummies? Linux for dummies?: Caldera's new package is easy to install -- but it may point the way to an open-source Babel. |
InternetNews April 14, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Ximian's Friedman Plots Linux Desktop Growth The co-founder of the GNOME project and Ximian said he's had it with all this talk about Linux as the future, he wants it to be the present. |
CIO July 1, 2003 John Parkinson |
The End of Idealism The grassroots development model has matured, but open source may now be facing its worst growing pains. |
BusinessWeek March 13, 2006 Sarah Lacy |
Open Season On Open Source? Aggressive acquisitions by Oracle and others could co-opt the open source movement. |
Salon.com November 17, 2000 Jordan Hubbard |
Open-sourcing the Apple A hacker reviews the beta release of the BSD-based Mac OS X -- and dreams of toppling Microsoft... |
Salon.com November 1, 2001 Michael J. Hammel |
Linux goes to the movies Who says free software is passe? Hollywood's special-effects industry can't get enough of the operating system built by hackers, for hackers... |
CIO November 1, 2003 Art Jahnke |
Is Microsoft Less Expensive Than Linux? - Sound Off Microsoft is concerned that Linux's popularity is increasing. Readers debate the expense issue of open source versus Redmond. |
Salon.com October 27, 2000 Andrew Leonard |
Who cracked Microsoft? Many free-software hackers make no attempt to hide their hatred of Bill Gates -- could they be the culprits? |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Linux: It's Growing More Popular, But Can It Do Windows? Can Linux gain market share on the desktop? |
Salon.com May 3, 2001 Andrew Leonard |
Microsoft: Free-software licenses are the devil's work! Bill Gates and Co. say open-source software harms technological innovation -- but the attack from Redmond could easily backfire... |
Knowledge@Wharton April 23, 2003 |
Linux Promoter Red Hat Remains Upbeat in a Downbeat Industry Michael Tiemann, chief technical officer of Red Hat, used the 2003 Wharton Technology Conference as a chance to crow. In his keynote speech, he boasted that Red Hat is the "first successful, publicly traded open-source company." |
Bio-IT World December 15, 2003 Henry & Vertinsky |
The Hidden Costs of 'Free' Software Open-source software may be gaining ground in academic and government circles, but biotech users need to be aware of licensing pitfalls. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2005 Alyce Lomax |
IBM Opens Up Big Blue pays lip service to the open-source movement. |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2008 Anders Bylund |
Consumers Confound Linux Leaders Two of the biggest names in the world of Linux and open-source software back off their designs on a new world order in consumer computing. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2006 Jack Uldrich |
IBM Opens the Open-Source Floodgates Expanding open source could give Big Blue new products, profits, and customers. |
Salon.com September 22, 2000 Andrew Leonard |
License to be good In the free-software world, people obey the rules because they believe in them. In the music industry, the rip-off is a way of life. |
CIO April 15, 2003 Dylan Tweney |
Build It Free Open-source development tools offer low-cost, high-quality options. |
InternetNews March 18, 2004 Alexander Wolfe |
Novell Takes SuSE to 2.6 New commercial Linux release, set for May, is based on 2.6 kernel. |
PC World May 1, 2000 Matthew Newton |
Is Linux Right for You? We put Linux on a test PC, and in eight weeks it never crashed. But are you any closer to ditching Windows than you were six months ago? Here's what you need to know before you decide. |
PC World April 26, 2002 Gillian Law |
SuSE Linux Upgrades Its Operating System Version 8.0 of Professional edition OS is designed to make Windows users feel right at home... |
CIO November 15, 2005 Galen Gruman |
Open Source Moves Up CRM and business intelligence from open source? The first industrial-grade applications in these areas are now emerging. And CIOs will soon need to decide how to approach these fresh options in their enterprise software catalog. |
CIO September 15, 2003 Evers & McMillan |
A Kinder, Gentler Fight Talk on the campaign trail can get pretty rough, especially when the debate pits open source against Microsoft software. But now, Microsoft says, the gloves are back on, though the company has pledged to take the invective out of its talking points about Linux and open-source software. |
Salon.com February 15, 2001 Andrew Leonard |
Life, liberty and the pursuit of free software Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the company completely lost its mind? |
CIO March 15, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Your Opensource Plan Once a toy for geeks, open source is slowly but surely filtering into the enterprise and transforming the way software is designed, sold and supported. And any CIO without an open-source strategy in 2003 will be paying too much for IT in 2004. |
Salon.com September 7, 1999 Andrew Leonard |
Linux laptop lust Laptop hardware is an unconquered frontier for Linux -- a place where the cutting edge sometimes slices free software to shreds... |
Fast Company December 2000 Astrid Sandoval |
VP of Hacker Relations Job Titles of the Future: Even in the free-for-all world of open-source software, you've got to have some order -- and some orderlies, people who serve as intermediaries between the programmers (otherwise known as hackers) and the companies that use their software... |
InternetNews April 14, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux Headed for 'Real' World Show Players in the Mono project, GNOME desktop -- old timers and upstarts -- gather for one of the biggest Linux conferences in North America. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Meet Microsoft, the Linux Developer Wonders never cease: Microsoft has joined the open-source movement. |
CIO February 15, 2006 Christopher Koch |
Free Code for Sale: The New Business of Open Source Open source is becoming a vital piece of enterprise infrastructures and a moneymaking proposition. Understanding the companies that sell and the communities that create open-source code is becoming a critical part of the CIO's job. |
Salon.com August 9, 2000 Jonah Greenberg |
Linux in China: Not ready for prime time Why should the masses bother with free software when stealing from Microsoft is practically patriotic? |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2010 Tim Beyers |
This Stock Loves the Recession Cash-crunched governments are finally giving open source a go. Red Hat and other open source software could benefit. |
Salon.com May 14, 1999 Andrew Leonard |
How much do I hear for this perl script? How much do I hear for this perl script?: New O'Reilly venture creates an auction scheme for open-source software projects. |
Linux Journal February 1, 2003 Michael Surran |
Linux from Kindergarten to High School Moving the school computer lab to Linux was not an easy decision to make -- but it was a beneficial one. |
PC Magazine December 21, 2007 John Brandon |
Will Patent Battles End Free Linux? As the open-source movement gains momentum, patent companies are suing. |