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Open source software: Ways for CISOs to quell the fear

CIO

For many stakeholders, there is plenty to love about open source software. Developers tend to enjoy the ability to speed application development by borrowing open source code. CFOs like the fact that open source is often free or low in cost. The age-old question: How secure is open source software?

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Google Exposes Old Wounds in Open Source Community

DevOps.com

Things boiled over a bit last week with the announcement that Google launched the Open Usage Commons (OUC) consortium (see Mike Vizard’s article here). The announcement and subsequent angst it has caused has upset what had been a pretty stable environment that helped open source software become the dominant force in development and IT.

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Open-sourced Technology Levels the Playing Field Between Tech Giants and Startups

CTOvision

The contest between proprietary technology and open source has been ongoing for a decade.Today, some of the most premium technology is open-sourced and free. Even Google's highly prized Borg software is becoming open-sourced. Government push for open source software.

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8 Most in Demand Programming Languages of 2021

The Crazy Programmer

In this article, we will explore the top programming languages, their scope, market demand, and the expected average income when using these languages. Based on this data, we shall explore some of the top results in this article. The Linux Kernel is written using C. Advantages of Python: Open-source and Object oriented.

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7 Best Notepad++ Alternatives

The Crazy Programmer

Therefore with such an amazing text editor, you will not miss having its alternatives, and that is why in this article I will focus on its alternatives. It is an open-source. It is an open-source. It is a free open source editor with lots of features. It is compatible with Linux, Windows, and Mac OS.

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Ensuring the open source moment continues

InfoWorld

Back in the 2000s, we talked about open source a lot—perhaps too much. We wondered when the year of the Linux desktop might finally arrive. (TL;DR We chastised companies for “open washing” (anticipating the years of cloud- and AI-washing to come). We debated “ open core ” business models. TL;DR never.

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Thirty-two years of Linux and its community

InfoWorld

Linus Torvalds has been working on Linux for 32 years, longer than many software developers have been alive. Surprisingly though, Linux, Torvalds’ earliest “hobby project,” arguably gains in importance each year, despite its age. In the case of Linux, its ongoing relevance isn’t an accident.

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