Tag Archive for 'centos'

SOS Open Source: Which Linux Server Distribution?

SOS Open Source yesterday announced the availability a guide to choose a Linux (server) distribution. The guide - at the moment available only in Italian - provides information about a number of Linux distributions, included CentOS, Debian, Mandriva, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise and Ubuntu.

Find out more about the guide at SOS Open Source website.

The Quintessence of Open Source

caponeThe second Innovators barcamp - a meet-up organized by the Italian innovators group to pass from talking about innovation to do it in and for public administrations - was the perfect venue to share some ideas about “Open Source & Multi-sided Markets“.

My ignite talk was around on one of the most important value of open source, if not the only one that makes open source a “different thing”: the community. Having had the opportunity to share my thoughts with over 100 attendees in a bare 5 minutes talk, I want here to talk deeper about why the community matters, focusing on its different constituents and their relative interests.

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Roberto Galoppini on Open Source Software
Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.