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(1) (Open Source Software) Software that can be modified and recompiled by the user. See open source. (2) (Operations Support Systems) An umbrella term for software that supports the...
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Definition: OSS
(1) (Open Source Software) Software that can be modified and recompiled by the user. See open source.
(2) (Operations Support Systems) An umbrella term for software that supports the telecommunications industry, but is not involved with the routine network operations of transmitting and switching data. OSS includes inventory management, CRM, middleware, performance monitoring, test & measurement and provisioning. B/OSS includes the billing. For more information, visit www.nextgenerationservices.com.
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Only 20% of corporate OSS users manage components
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Gartner doles out sobering predictions for open source use in the enterprise for next 5 years
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No accounting software for Linux?
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Gartner: 85 percent of companies using open source
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Only 20% of corporate OSS users manage components
Only about 20 percent of companies using open source components have lock down controls and fewer than 50 percent have corporate policies in place to manage component usage, according to a study...
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FuseSource gains new autonomy to focus on OSS infrastructure model, Apache Community innovation, cloud opportunities
Progress is launching a new company called FuseSource that will be completely focused on the open source business model.
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Is FRAND compatible with FOSS?
While European governments have a distinct preference for open source, they also prefer not to dictate the choices their members make.
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Has FOSS lost the battle against patents
Software patents are a fact of life. Their abolition isn't achievable, writes the author of the FOSSPatents blog.
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FOSS vs. open source as an American debate
Open source, in contrast to FOSS, accepts the idea that people might build proprietary extensions to open source programs, and that the obligation seen by Stallman, what I sometimes call the...
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Best Buy, Samsung, Westinghouse, 11 more named in GPL lawsuit
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Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment
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Open source is sold and FOSS is not
If someone comes to you wearing a suit, a smile, and their hand out, it matters little what license their wares may carry. They're still a salesman. They're open source.
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I for one welcome no overlords
The argument between FOSS and open source has never been about economic systems. It has been about the meaning of freedom. It revolves around Stallman's fourth freedom, the idea that when you are...
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Could you switch over to being 100% open source?
Whether it's down to the sagging economy or the slow but inevitable death of XP, I'm hearing from many people who are looking to jump off the Microsoft software bandwagon and pitch up with the...
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Your next software buying decision: zero cost?
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