http://dir.salon.com/topics/open_source/?source=rss&aim=open_source en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/27/wiki_search/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/machinist/blog/2007/07/27/wiki_search/index.html?source=rss Jimmy Wales invests in a "distributed" effort to index the Web, part of his plan to build an open alternative to Google. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/18/buzzmonitor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/18/buzzmonitor/index.html?source=rss With its brand-new, freely downloadable BuzzMonitor "super-aggregator," the bruised bank hitches a ride on the Web 2.0 bandwagon. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/02/microsoft_linux/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/02/microsoft_linux/index.html?source=rss Microsoft and Novell make a deal to support free software? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/23/tenali/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/23/tenali/index.html?source=rss Phytoplanktonic petroleum and the reincarnation of Tenali Ramakrishna. Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/08/11/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/08/11/friday/index.html?source=rss Down with self-referential navel gazing! Or, Wikipedia and me, Part 2. And did I mention me? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/07/20/gates_open_source/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/07/20/gates_open_source/index.html?source=rss To combat AIDS, Microsoft's founder learns from Linux. By Sam Williams Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/16/firefox/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/16/firefox/index.html?source=rss Mozilla's browser is taking market share away from Microsoft. Sometimes, slow and steady really does win the race. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/01/electoral/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/11/01/electoral/index.html?source=rss Electoral-vote.com's anonymous tallier outs himself as a pioneer of open-source operating systems. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/01/collabnet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/04/01/collabnet/index.html?source=rss For one Silicon Valley company, hiring Indian programmers wasn't about greed, it was about survival. A special report from Chennai, globalization's ground zero. By Sam Williams Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/22/the_year_in_linux/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/22/the_year_in_linux/index.html?source=rss While a small Utah company launches a frontal assault on free software, the rest of the globe is saying: Gimme some of that! By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/08/18/sco_ibm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/08/18/sco_ibm/index.html?source=rss SCO claims IBM and Linux have ripped off its old program code. Linux advocates say that's bunk. Nothing will become clear until SCO shows its hand in court. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/11/15/abiword/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/11/15/abiword/index.html?source=rss Booms come and busts go, but open-source developers keep improving the alternatives to Microsoft's "standards." By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/10/browser_wars/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/10/browser_wars/index.html?source=rss Netscape won't dislodge Internet Explorer from its hegemony over browser space. But its open-source sibling is aiming at even bigger game: Windows. By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/27/open_source_politics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/27/open_source_politics/index.html?source=rss A San Diego lawyer says California's state government should be forced to dump Microsoft in favor of open-source alternatives. But can free software get into politics without getting dirty? By Farhad Manjoo Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/08/gnutella_developers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/08/gnutella_developers/index.html?source=rss The file-trading network's developers are discovering that even their wide-open, free-for-all technology might need a little policing. By Sam Williams Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/31/va_exodus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/31/va_exodus/index.html?source=rss With the promise of stock riches now a distant dream, VA Linux's former programmers keep the open-source faith. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/24/spam_assassin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2002/06/24/spam_assassin/index.html?source=rss The only way to stem the flood of unwanted e-mail may be to harness a million eyeballs and an army of open-source hackers. By Damien Cave Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/06/mpeg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/06/mpeg/index.html?source=rss Backers of a next-generation multimedia compression technology want to charge a controversial fee -- but instead their plan is fanning interest in free, open-source alternatives. By Annalee Newitz Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/26/biopunk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/26/biopunk/index.html?source=rss The information that details who we are is too important to be privately owned. By Damien Cave Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/20/tivo_hack/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/06/20/tivo_hack/index.html?source=rss Hackers love their TiVos, and the company is fond of its hackers. But as in any relationship, sometimes one party goes a bit too far. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/05/18/readers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2001/05/18/readers/index.html?source=rss Hackers scorn the theory that the economic downturn could hurt open-source software. By Damien Cave Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/03/21/open_source_patents/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/03/21/open_source_patents/index.html?source=rss Can open-source programmers use intellectual property laws to protect themselves from corporate software snatchers? By Ed Frauenheim Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/03/06/sourceforge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/03/06/sourceforge/index.html?source=rss At VA Linux's SourceForge, thousands of programmers are collaborating for both love and money. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/01/12/antitrust/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/01/12/antitrust/index.html?source=rss A clunky computer-age thriller in which geeky programmers sell out to code zillionaires -- any resemblances to the living or dead are purely coincidental. By Jordan Hubbard Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2000/11/17/hubbard_osx/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/review/2000/11/17/hubbard_osx/index.html?source=rss A hacker reviews the beta release of Mac OS X -- and dreams of toppling Microsoft.