Linux

Some people still think that open source software security is inferior. Actually, security experts say it sets the bar for what computing security should be.

Dirk Hohndel, VMware's chief open source officer, talked about the “symbiotic relationship” between open source and the enterprise.

As the Open Source Institute holds fast to a specific set of requirements for open source licenses, a wave of developers and companies are taking issue with the pre-reqs and offering alternate licensing schemes.

Although Progress is primarily a proprietary company, its purchase of open source Chef might prompt it to jump on the open source bandwagon.

While generally as safe as proprietary software -- if not safer -- open source software has some open source-specific problems.

Although it's been a long time since Linux was more difficult to use than Windows, most companies have been reluctant to deploy Linux workstations to its employees. That might be changing.

In early July, GitHub deposited 186 kilometers of photographic film, containing 21TB of digitized snapshots of all the public-facing code in its repository, to its underground Arctic Code Vault, located on a Norwegan island in the Arctic Ocean.