CMP DevNet Open Source

Host Integrity Tools: Osiris

Westphal checks out Osiris, a host integrity tool. See what she thinks about this tool on her open source adventure.

The Future of Commercial Open Source

Andrew Aitken examines some of the challenges and opportunities facing the commercial open source software industry. (MP3, 3:07 mins.)

Of Interest

April 2006 Of Interest.

GNU Public License Updated for the First Time in Over a Decade

Richard Stallman announces release of GPL Version 3, which addresses issues related to digital-rights management. (MP3, 2:02 mins.)

Google's Summer of Code: Part III

Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands of lines of code. Here are more students who participated.

The Eclipse Visual Editor

The Eclipse Visual Editor is a subproject that provides a framework for creating Eclipse-based GUI builders.

The Goldegg Packaging Sprint: Open Source in Action

Paul Everitt discusses the benefits and challenges of bringing together programmers from around the world to improve packaging and products for the Zope 3 open source application server, the CMF Content Management Framework, and the Plone content management system.

Open Office Document Connector

The OpenDocument format is poised to become a de facto standard for the free office software and could be used as a common basis for large-scale content management applications.

SD DevTalk: Spider Webs, SD West Spotlight and Eclipse

When it comes to your product, context is all.

Google's Summer of Code: Part I

Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands of lines of code. Here are some of the students who participated.

Editor's Forum

Today you can find literally dozens of licenses billed as open source. The term "open" is now used as a synonym for "not completely proprietary."

Mozilla Launches Developer Center

Deb Richardson, Mozilla's Developer Relation Lead, talks about the recently launched Mozilla Developer Center. (MP3 audio, 4:43 mins.)

Eclipse CDT 3.0 Released

Sebastien Marineau, Eclipse CDT project lead, discusses Eclipse CDT 3.0's new features. (MP3 Audio, 4:08 mins.)

Rating Open Source Software

Tony Wasserman describes the Business Readiness Ratings Initiative, a proposed open standard to facilitate assessment and adoption of open source software. (MP3 audio, 4:41 mins)

Open-RJ Memory Databases and C++.NET

Matthew enhances the Open-RJ base library and dives into the details of the Open-RJ/C++.NET mapping.

gSOAP & Web Services

The gSOAP Web Services Toolkit can help you serialize C/C++ data structures in XML with minimal coding effort.

Open Source, Cold Shoulder

Proponents of open source software often describe their campaign as a great equalizer: Not only is it freely available, but anyone who wants to help can do so. But does the community welcome all with open arms?

Open-RJ and Ch

Matthew takes a look at the Open-RJ library, along with its mapping to Ch and C++.NET.

Eclipse Launches Business Intelligence Project

Actuate has joined the Eclipse Foundation, launching a new Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools project.

Programmer's Book Review

Jeffrey examines Diomidis Spinellis’ Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective.