450M lines of code say large open source and small closed source software projects are worst quality

May 9, 2013 9:34 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The good news is that software keeps getting better, with fewer than one error per thousand lines of code. The bad news is that both large open-source projects and small proprietary software projects tend to have worse quality than average.

Red Hat to repurchase another $300M of its own stock

April 15, 2013 6:05 PM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

Pioneering open-source solution vendor Red Hat (RHT) announced today that its board had authorized a $300 million stock buyback program.

Have spare time, dev skills? See what open-source projects need your help with this flowchart

April 6, 2013 12:40 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

We all know open-source software is a good thing and good people give back to their communities. This site just makes it really easy to start following through on those values.

Google issues open source patent pledge: we won’t sue first

March 28, 2013 9:50 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Google pledged to not use its arsenal of patent weapons offensively today, taking a stand on open source and patents that is anti-patent troll, pro-competition, and pro-freedom to create, innovate, and code.

This 22-day-old open-source Minecraft-cloning game builder runs in Javascript in your browser

January 19, 2013 7:03 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Editor's Pick Max Ogden has built a tool for creating Minecraft-like 3D games, all within a browser using JavaScript and OpenGL.

Kolab Systems spearheads an open-source solution for the third pillar of productivity: groupware

December 31, 2012 2:27 PM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

Why is the founder and former president of the Free Software Foundation of Europe currently leading a for-profit software company in the groupware space?

Eucalyptus CEO: We’re an espresso machine, Amazon is Starbucks

November 30, 2011 5:13 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Eucalyptus Systems CEO Marten Mickos really likes metaphors, and when you’re talking about something as complex as cloud-based app platforms, they seriously come in handy.

While talking onstage at CloudBeat 2011, Mickos compared Eucalyptus’ open-source cloud software platform to an …

Google vs. Oracle trial delayed, but it’s no threat to Android, spokesperson says

October 19, 2011 2:17 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

The judge in the ongoing Google/Oracle lawsuit over Android and its use of Java has issued a stay. That means the trial will be delayed, and no new date has yet been set.

Sources close to the matter tell us …

Exclusive: Facebook opens up about open-source software

August 30, 2011 2:10 PM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

Editor's Pick

This is the second of a two-part exclusive on Facebook’s involvement with and creation of open source technologies. The first installment focused on hardware. For these articles, we spoke with two of Facebook’s open source gurus, David Recordon and Amir …