Open Source
Solid's Ruben Verborgh: 'We need competition based on quality of service not on data harvesting'
Solid developer and inrupt advisor on progress with Berners-Lee's vision of re-decentralising the web.
Interview: MongoDB cofounder Eliot Horowitz - 'I'd like to see a fair fight with the cloud providers'
Horowitz discusses MongoDB's licensing and how he wants to see more VC money being ploughed into core open source
The open-source answer to the IT skills challenge
Why IT companies are turning to open source to address the shortage of graduates, an ageing workforce and the changing working habits
From maverick to mainstream: why open source software is now indispensable for modern business
Older, more established ways of doing things simply don't measure up any longer
Valve to quit support for Ubuntu over 32-bit block
Lack of support for 32-bit games in future versions of Ubuntu means many Steam games will no longer run
No room for old tech: from Sybase to Kafka at AccorHotels
Hotel group is overhailing its tech stack to meet demand for more tailored services
What's behind the ascendency of enterprise open source?
With open source filling mission-critical niches everywhere, we look at the drivers
We need a new type of open source event - here's why
Open source events tend to focus on developers, this needs to change says EnterpriseDB's Jan Karremans
GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab open-source projects hacked and held for ransom
Code of around 400 GitHub repositories removed by hackers and held for payment of 0.1 Bitcoin
Microsoft adds a Linux kernel to Windows with WSL 2, Canonical announces support
Will support FUSE and Docker
Kubernetes: seven lessons learned from deploying it at Adobe Advertising Cloud
SREs from Adobe step though the challenges they encountered deploying containers on AWS and OpenStack and how they overcame them
How Blizzard autoscaled Overwatch on OpenStack
Cloud engineers at Blizzard reduced the game's footprint by 40 per cent
How bet365 shifted to containers with Kubernetes
James Nightingale and Alan Reed explain how bet365 shifted into containerisation with Kubernetes
Ubuntu's Shuttleworth urges open-source foundations to stop fighting each other and focus
'Nobody asked for duelling vendors to be replaced by duelling foundations'
Google Cloud adds Confluent, MongoDB and other open-source projects as managed services
They'll be treated as 'equal collaborators not a resource to be mined' Google promises .
Redis Labs tweaks its restrictive licensing
RSAL is designed to clarify the controversial licensing changes brought in last summer
Google seeks judicial review over Java APIs case with Oracle
Google asks court for clarification over Java API ruling that could affect the global software industry
Canonical releases Ubuntu Core 18, the latest version of its IoT-focused Linux OS
Ubuntu Core 18 is a stripped-down version of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS targeted at IoT devices
Open source software in the enterprise has never been healthier
Many companies support their developers who work on open source projects unrelated to the business - showing open source has matured
Confluent joins Redis and MongoDB in restricting its open source licensing for competitors
'A positive change that can help ensure small open source communities aren't acting as free and unsustainable R&D for tech giants' says CEO Jay Kreps
From ESB to OpenShift: Elsevier's infrastructure has evolved as its business model changes
Director of software engineering Tom Perry explains the advantages of containers and microservices
AWS not playing fair with open source projects, claims Redis Labs
AWS is all take and no give, says database firm
IBM to buy Red Hat in deal valuing the open-source software company at $34bn
Red Hat governance, brands, headquarters and facilities to be retained under IBM ownership
Acorn Computer's RISC OS operating system finally goes fully open source
RISC OS 5 to form the basis of RISC OS Open after Castle Technology sells to RISC OS Developments
