Hiring the open source way

Linux & Open Source News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. LinuxWorld's Linux and Open Source News Alert, 10/05/07 Featured video: Project Awesome Installing last year's enterprise Linux distribution on this year's hardware? Jon Masters from Red Hat explains the company's "Project Awesome," a plan to integrate and test device drivers for new hardware, at the FreedomHEC conference. Visit the LinuxWorld.com video page for this exclusive video, plus more sessions from FreedomHEC, including a talk on the Portland State Aerospace Society's Linux-controlled rocket program and James Bottomley's tips for how to use "git" and "quilt" to coordinate software development among far-flung users. Executive Guide: Stay ahead of the data growth curve Get real-world advice on how to best deal with the explosion of data across nearly every enterprise today. This informative executive guide offers IT professionals detailed information on new technologies such as ILM and FANs, specific pitfalls to avoid when deploying ILM, as well as solid case studies. Download This Executive Guide LinuxWorld.com Feature Story Hiring the open source way October 04, 2007 Working with open source software doesn't just give a company a code base to draw from. An open source project can be a hiring advantage too. JT Smith, CEO of web software company Plain Black Corporation, explains how a common interest in open code can translate into an employer/employee relationship that works for both sides. More Linux news MontaVista, ARM, others to build Linux UMPC platform October 04, 2007 A group of seven companies including Mozilla, Arm and MontaVista Software are hoping to grow the market for a relatively new device category that sits in between a smart phone and a laptop. Science stumbles on with Ig Nobel awards October 04, 2007 Research into the mystery of wrinkles on bed sheets, the bottomless bowl of soup and the effect of Viagra on hamster jet lag dominated the awards Thursday night at the annual Ig Nobel awards at Harvard University. Customers upset with Google over Urchin software October 04, 2007 A major upgrade to Google's Urchin Web-analytics server software is almost three years late and customers who bought the product worry that Google's silence and inaction may mean it will be discontinued. EBay: Phishers getting better organized, using Linux October 04, 2007 When it comes to launching online attacks, criminals are getting more organized and branching out from the Windows operating system, eBay's security chief said Tuesday. Amazon MP3 may emerge as iTunes rival October 04, 2007 It boasts a DRM-free selection, variable pricing, and cross-platform compatibility. But does the new digital music service from Amazon.com have what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the 800-pound gorilla of the digital music retail world, Apple's iTunes Store? Mobile development options: Fabrizio Capobianco October 03, 2007 The controversial SCO Group is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy, claiming that hot new mobile software will keep the company going. But the world of mobile software infrastructure and tools is crowded. The CEO of Funambol outlines developers' options for making business apps work on mobile devices, and explains how to think synchronization to keep demanding users happy. (17:53) Stratavia adds predictive analysis to IT automation platform October 03, 2007 Data center automation vendor Stratavia updates its Data Palette 4.0 software with features designed to further remove manual labor from day-to-day IT operations tasks. E-mail security, compliance upgraded in Google Apps October 03, 2007 Google is upgrading its set of Google Apps office tools with e-mail security and compliance features, stemming from its acquisition of Postini, to help it compete with Microsoft Office. Linux still doesn't make it on desktop October 01, 2007 Computerworld's Michael Gartenberg takes a serious look at Linux and spots two major roadblocks to desktop adoption: Microsoft Office and Apple iTunes. LinuxWorld Community Top 40 Linux blogs October 04, 2007 04:39 PM We run a Perl script to look at outgoing links from the Linux blog aggregators, and come up with a Linux blog "Top 40" list. At number 40 is SELinux developer Russell Coker. Get the rest of the list.

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