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Windows and Microsoft Office are being replaced with Linux and LibreOffice in this German state

TechSpot

"In addition to improved IT security, cost-effectiveness, and data protection, the use of open-source software also enables seamless collaboration between different systems," officials said. Alongside open-source software development, the goal is to release future development results of the country under free licenses."

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NGA and DigitalGlobe Release Powerful Application To Community Under Open Source License

CTOvision

Available to the public through NGA’s GitHub account, the software can be useful in many situations,” said Chris Rasmussen, NGA’s public software development lead. Releasing MrGeo helps further the agency’s goal of increasing and streamlining co-creation efforts in software and unclassified data, said Rasmussen.

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California to accelerate devops adoption with GitLab

Venture Beast

GitLab, an open source code repository and collaborative software development platform, was awarded a software licensing reseller agreement with the State of California. Read More.

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Our Freemium Future: Development teams take advantage of free, entry-level versions of software 

CTOvision

Remember back when software was simple? Either home-grown or licensed from a vendor who billed you for maintenance at periodic intervals? The whole mood in enterprise software development is about being iterative, collaborative and agile. Welcome to the future of software development!

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Unlocking the Secrets of Software-based DRM: A Comprehensive Guide

Kitaboo

In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the fascinating world of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and explore how it is implemented in software applications. Table of Contents: What is Software-based DRM? Software-based DRM, as the name suggests, utilizes software solutions to enforce and manage digital rights.

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Will enterprises soon keep their best gen AI use cases under wraps?

CIO Business Intelligence

Helping software developers write and test code Similarly in tech, companies are currently open about some of their use cases, but protective of others. So far, Castillo has been publishing her work with open-source licenses. And unit tests are too tedious for humans to build reliably.

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Software Is Assembled

ForAllSecure

You can't realistically fix all of the software vulnerabilities, but you can try and find and fix an increasing number of vulnerabilities to make it more reliable and more secure, along the way. SOFTWARE IS ASSEMBLED. This allows developers to release faster without having to code features from scratch.