Open Source Insider

December 2012

• I'm turning cross-platform-dextrous

  Adrian Bridgwater 28 Dec 2012

Of course the central premise behind the opportunity to "write once (and then) deploy anywhere" is an appealing proposition for both developers and users alike.

• Some day we'll all use cloud based desktops, right?

  Adrian Bridgwater 21 Dec 2012

Cloud-based desktop environments are on the rise.

• Pass the open cloud app testing sauce, please

  Adrian Bridgwater 20 Dec 2012

Open source programmers are being offered a Selenium-based free cloud testing service from application testing company Sauce Labs.

• How accessible is Adobe keeping Acrobat?

  Adrian Bridgwater 19 Dec 2012

Adobe Acrobat Portfolio SDK exists to help programmers develop software that interacts with Acrobat technology as the SDK contains header files, type libraries, simple utilities, sample code and ...

• Global Economy 0 - Open Source 1

  Adrian Bridgwater 18 Dec 2012

The global economic slowdown has of course meant mostly bad news for most people, business verticals and individual companies.

• The future impact of open source on our information infrastructure

  Adrian Bridgwater 17 Dec 2012

Much of what we read relating to the future impact of open source, or cloud computing, or any significant 'still-nascent' technology paradigm tends to be focused on the user/consumer end.

• Video: a good year for open source in 2012

  Adrian Bridgwater 14 Dec 2012

Goldman Sachs reported late last week that Windows has gone from dominating 97% of the computing market to 20%.

• Apache web server, more than "a patchy web server"

  Adrian Bridgwater 13 Dec 2012

The Apache HTTP Server is a free of charge web server software noted for its significant role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web.

• Ten to the dozen: number of developers using open source

  Adrian Bridgwater 10 Dec 2012

A Forrester Research survey of developers on the Dr Dobb's software application news website have confirmed that they use open source tooling at some level.

• Intel graphs aim to make 'big data inside' easier

  Adrian Bridgwater 07 Dec 2012

Intel is aiming to extend its recognition with the open source, developer and big data arenas by now offering an open source programmer tool aimed at supporting big data analysis.

• Who wants to be an (open source venture capitalist) millionaire?

  Adrian Bridgwater 04 Dec 2012

"There seems to be a big shift from funding consumer Internet companies to enterprise Internet companies. It seems enterprise software is sexy again"

• How to win data analysis friends and influence the OLAP factor

  Adrian Bridgwater 03 Dec 2012

How to win data analysis friends and influence the OLAP factor