Archive for November, 2008

Open Source Catalogue 2009 (in German) published

November 28th, 2008 by Bruno von Rotz

While EOS Directory is an online resource, many people like offline resources and easy to consume “catalogues”. For the last three years we have published the Open Source Catalogue on an annual basis. We started with 250 projects, the latest 2009 edition now lists more than 350 projects. The ratings and descriptions (translated) are taken from EOS Directory of course. The Open Source Catalogue 2009 also includes an introduction on how Open Source is influencing Enterprise IT. As said it’s written in German and available as downloadable PDF document.

WordPress, the Movie

November 17th, 2008 by John Eckman

Many WordPress bloggers, myself included, have been eagerly awaiting the impending release of 2.7. It’s already in its third beta release (the current 2.7 Beta 3 was released on Nov. 15th) and should be ready for production release toward the end of November.

Jane Wells posted this video to show off some of the features coming in 2.7, including a significant dashboard redesign:

The WordPress community and Automattic have always done a great job of getting behind the project not just with code contributions but also with “marketing” contributions, helping spread the word about new releases and new features.

What if every significant new release of an open source project came with an embeddable, distributable video screencast walking through the new features? Might lead to better upgrade activity across the community.

New white paper - Open Source in the Enterprise

November 6th, 2008 by Bruno von Rotz

During the last five years Open Source has made an inroad into the modern Enterprise IT and many companies can’t imagine living without it anymore. The Open Source eco system has continuously developed making it easier and easier to identify research and introduce Open Source technologies. Optaros has just published a White Paper “Open Source in the Enterprise” that summarizes the history of Open Source and the reasons why Enterprises have adopted many of the technologies. It also gives Enterprises a quick overview on what makes Open Source so powerful and what it means to leverage the benefits of Open Source.