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NetApp acquires Instaclustr to deliver open source databases as a service

TechCrunch

Companies producing software are becoming ever more reliant on open source databases to build their programs, but it’s complex working with all these different products. Instaclustr , a California startup, wanted to change that by offering popular open source databases delivered as a service.

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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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Hugging Face and ServiceNow launch BigCode, a project to open source code-generating AI systems

TechCrunch

But so far, only a handful of such AI systems have been made freely available to the public and open sourced — reflecting the commercial incentives of the companies building them. Hugging Face and ServiceNow launch BigCode, a project to open source code-generating AI systems by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch.

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The Commonhaus Way to Manage Open Source Projects

DevOps.com

Commonhaus is taking a laissez-faire approach to open source group management.

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The Practicalities of Open Sourcing

DevOps.com

If you're contemplating the daring act of open sourcing your projects, here are some things to know before you set out.

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What’s Driving Changes in Open Source Licensing?

DevOps.com

Years of SaaS innovation and disruption threaten the profitability of vendor-driven open source projects, forcing licensing changes.

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OpenSSF warns of Open Source Social Engineering Threats

DevOps.com

The Open Source Security […] If the XZ exploit had gone undiscovered for only a few more weeks, millions of Linux systems would have been compromised with a backdoor. We were lucky. But, can we stay lucky?