Mirantis joins new global Open Source community to orchestrate production NFV deployments

Mirantis, the pure-play OpenStack company, has announced that it is a founding member of Open Source MANO (OSM), a community focused on delivering Open Source Management and Orchestration (MANO) aligned with ETSI NFV Information Models.

ETSI taps open source software for MANO specs

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute this week said it have begun work on using open source software for management and orchestration of network functions virtualization in connection with its NFV Industry Specification Group.

OSI Director Paul Tagliamonte's Testimony to NYC Council Contracts Committee

The OSI was invited to provide commentary on New York City Council's consideration of the Free and Open Source Software Act and the Civic Commons Act, both proposed by Council Member Ben Kallos. These bills would increase the use of free and open source software by New York City departments and agencies.

On February 23rd, 2016 OSI Board Director Paul Tagliamonte, speaking on the OSI's behalf, presented the following testimony to the City Council. We would very much like to thank the New York City Council, the Contracts Committee, and New York City Council Member Ben Kallos for the opportunity to speak.

The Value of ‘Freedom’ in the Open Source Space

On a recent article on Forbes, technology journalist Adrian Bridgwater pointed out what the term “free” truly means when it comes to open source software. “Free” here does not mean a lack of monetary value. It means that users have the liberty to run, change, distribute and copy the software as they wish. It is not like “free beer”; it’s more like “free speech”. The true value of free software then, lies not on any price but in the liberty; in the way open source software can continuously develop through the unrestrained contributions of the community.

ReactOS The Perfect Windows Alternate – Review and Installation

Microsoft’s Windows dominance in the Desktop PC space has been a thing for decades now and the 30years old OS — although has made some significant strides in the industry — is undoubted a monopoly. Thank God for options like OSX and Linux Desktop of course, we would all have been choking on – and continue to choke on whatever the Redmond company decides to throw at our faces.

Linux Top 3: Tiny Core Linux 7, Webconverger 34 and ReactOS 0.4

What to expect from I ♥ APIs Europe 2016

I ♥ APIs Europe 2016 is an event dedicated to APIs and digital business strategy for developers, IT experts, and business strategists.

T-Dose Conference Eindhoven NL

T-DOSE is a free and yearly event held in The Netherlands to promote use and development of Open Source Software. During this event Open Source projects, developers and visitors can exchange ideas and knowledge. This years event will be held at the Fontys University of Applied Science in Eindhoven.

There's Interest Again In Embeddable Gecko To Better Compete With Chromium CEF

Mozilla platform engineer Chris Lord is trying to make the case for developers to put greater focus on making Mozilla's Gecko layout engine more embed-able friendly so that it can be more easily deployed for new use-cases.

Use Your Database!

I love high-level, dynamically typed languages, such as Python, Ruby and JavaScript. They're easy—and even fun—to use. They let me express myself richly, and they lend themselves to code that easily can be reused and maintained. It's no surprise that interest in such languages is on the rise, especially when creating Web applications.

LibreOffice Gets GTK3 Native Context Menus & More

Developer Caolán McNamara who has been doing much of the GTK3 integration work for LibreOffice was also responsible for this week's improvements. LibreOffice is finally now making use of the GTK themeing APIs to draw elements like they do in GTK+ rather than LibreOffice drawing everything itself, which results in a better looking office suite integrated with your desktop.

Additional NHS trusts look to open source EPR adoption

Healthcare organisations in Ramsay, Wye Valley and Blackpool areas expected to adopt non-proprietary solutions as Github-hosted code is further updated

Ramsay Health Care, Wye Valley NHS Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are set to go live with open source electronic patient record (EPR) solutions during 2016, building on ongoing work by Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

After first uploading EPR code on the web-based hosting service Github in June 2014, supplier IMS Maxims has sought to provide the open source software free to NHS and wider healthcare organisations.

Zephyr Project for Internet of Things, releases from Facebook, IBM, Yahoo, and more news

Will open-source farming topple agribusiness giants?

Agriculture is the backbone of human civilisation, but it's about to snap under our weight. The world is on the brink of a food crisis in which our current industrial models of agriculture will not support the projected population of nine billion by the year 2050. Our best hope for farming in the future lies with advances in technology: sensors, big data and networks. These advances will move us into an agricultural revolution that will feed more people, feed them more effectively and feed them sustainably.

Should your NGO go open source?

He said he is skeptical that there is any value in keeping most data private. The Sunlight Foundation, among others, has pushed for organizations to set the default to open. And this belief that information is a public good, and that making that data available is a public service, seems particularly relevant to anyone working to address global poverty, he said.

Beaverton schools win salute from feds for use of open-source teaching material

The Beaverton school district is among 31 districts nationwide, and the only one in Oregon, hailed Friday by the U.S. Department of Education for their commitment to replace at least one textbook with openly-licensed educational resources within the next year.

Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John King said the use of open-source teaching material is important because it helps give all teachers and students access to tools, content and expertise.

His department is trying to use the hashtag #GoOpen to promote the trend.

exiii Offers Lineup of Affordable 3D Printed Robotic Prosthetics, Including Open-Source HACKberry

As the world of 3D printing technology evolves faster than most can keep up with, the impacts it offers to humans in need are powerful, life-changing, and deeply inspiring. The days of having a prosthetic and feeling ashamed or embarrassed are quickly fading as these medical devices are becoming both a triumph in themselves and for those wearing them—and often, showing them off.

The smart, open-source router we deserve

Lylo is open-source so you can modify it, improve it, and profit if you like.

Icestudio: An Open Source Graphical FPGA Tool

If you’ve ever worked with FPGAs, you’ve dealt with the massive IDEs provided by the vendors. Xilinx’s ISE takes about 6 gigabytes, and Altera’s Quartus clocks in at over 10 gigs. That’s a lot of downloading proprietary software just to make an LED blink.