Sean Michael Kerner

From the ‘I Told You So‘ files: A month ago, many of my peers at other technology sites declared SCO to finally be dead. They had just lost yet another court decision in their UNIX copyrights case against Novell and it looked (to some), like they no longer had any room to maneuver.  I wrote […]

Cloud computing services have benefited greatly from open source software that gives providers ready access to the latest tools and updates. Open source KVM virtualization technology is one such example of a technology used by many vendors to help with cloud deployments. ServerWatch details the most recent cloud service offering from The Planet which is […]

The Python programming language has been in a rather long transition. Version 3.x came out 18 months ago, but 2.x has carried on as developers support legacy apps and code. But now that developers have had 18 months to get ready, Developer.com wonders, will Python 2.7 be the end of the 2.x line? The open […]

From the ‘Firefox 4 Isn’t Enough To Keep Us Busy‘ files: Mozilla is perhaps best known today for its Firefox web browser. Underlying that browser however is the open source license that enables its development community to thrive. The Mozilla Public License (MPL) has remained nearly untouched since 1999 and now at long last is […]

It’s been almost four years since the last major Cayenne release. But as developer.com reports, the new 3.0 version is a big step forward for the open source Java framework. Specific improvements include enhanced performance and ease of use. Cayenne has already proven itself for what the company says is any Java application that needs […]

While Microsoft’s Internet Explorer still rules the roost when it comes to market share, there are plenty of contenders nipping away at its lead. The strongest contender, firmly in the number two spot, is Mozilla’s Firefox, the popular open source offering which IBM (NYSE: IBM) recently declared the default browser for its 400,000 employees. As […]

Should developers that use NetBeans be concerned that Oracle, which supports the competing Eclipse IDE, now owns Sun Microsystems which led development of NetBeans? Oracle sees different sets of customers for the two open source developer environments for Java. As developer.com reports, Oracle recently unveiled a new release of NetBeans that was already in the […]

Google has done a little housecleaning with its Web browser, releasing a security update that fixes 10 vulnerabilities in the versions of Chrome that run on Windows, Mac and Linux. The security update patches flaws in Chrome that Google had rated as “high” severity, including a vulnerability that could corrupt a system’s memory stemming from […]

Most enterprises today run heterogeneous environments with multiple operating systems. But getting them all to talk to each other and understand enterprise access policies is no small challenge. An updated open source offering however is aiming to help solve the problem. ServerWatch has the scoop on the latest software from Likewise that expands the reach […]

The Apache Tomcat project takes its time with its release schedule. The last major update came four years ago. But this week, the open source project released Tomcat 7, an upgrade that includes expanded support for Java and new performance and security features. Specifically, Tomcat 7 capitalizes on new JavaEE 6 specifications, though the development […]

From the ‘What Do You Click?‘ files: Which button in the open source Firefox web browser is the one most clicked by users on Windows, Mac and Linux? The answer to that question and more has been addressed in a new Mozilla Firefox Main Window Usage Study. The study data was collected on an opt-in […]

Zenoss has long provided administrators tools to monitor their networks. Now, the open source firm has its sights set on the cloud. Zenoss has released the third iteration of its enterprise platform, which offers an expanded view of networking assets, with a particular emphasis on the cloud and virtualization. Enterprise Networking Planet has the details. […]