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what every open source project needs

SPF13

In the last few years open source has transformed the software industry. From Android to Wikipedia, open source is everywhere, but how does one succeed in it? This presentation was delivered at sinfo.org in Feb 2015. What Every Successful Open Source Project Needs. spf13 Chief Operator @ Docker?

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Risks to Gartner’s smartphone forecasts: will Microsoft beat Apple, Nokia execute, and Samsung fail?

Trends in the Living Networks

Gartner has just released some very interesting forecasts for smartphone operating system sales until 2015, as below. In an nutshell, they predict that in 2015 Android will take almost half the market, at 48.8%, and that Microsoft will overtake Apple, with 19.5% share compared to 17.2% However this does make the 49.2%

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The Linux Migration: Other Users’ Stories, Part 4

Scott Lowe

At my new job, I have the option to use any operating system (OS), and I naturally gravitated toward Linux. I used this to get started on my Linux migration journey, focusing on writing my blog and other open source efforts. Q: What hardware are you using with Linux? Getting WebEx to work was the other big-time killer.

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Carrier-Grade SDN-Based OpenStack Networking Solution

Scott Lowe

This involves more extensive use of virtual network functions (VNFs) and software-defined infrastructure based on open software and open hardware. exclusively leverages open source software. ONOS is led by the ONF and is a “carrier-grade” network operating system; the first version was released in 2015.

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Technology Short Take #58

Scott Lowe

This will be the last Technology Short Take of 2015, as next week is Christmas and the following week is the New Year’s holiday. ACS offers multiple “endpoints,” each of which enables you to use a particular open source container/orchestration tool. Operating Systems/Applications. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Data Security and its Importance on the Internet

Galido

Hacking and data breaches are a common thing today, especially with the rise of open source platforms and electronic transactions. In 2015, the Wall Street Journal estimated that the cost of cyber crime in the U.S. A common way for malware to attack is for it to find exploits and vulnerabilities in a system.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

And the hope is that we will continue expanding on the exemptions that have been granted for good faith security research so in 2015, we got some narrow exemptions for medical devices cars and voting machines. One of the open source protocols that crashed most often was BusyBox what could happen with a vulnerability in BusyBox in 2016.