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OpenStreetMap launches all-new easy map editor and announces funding appeal | OpenStreetMap Blog
A venerable, long-lived opensource project: openStreetMap just got some very cool new features, Kudos, guys!
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Big movies, big data: Netflix embraces NoSQL in the cloud | Big Data - InfoWorld
Netflix migrated from Oracle to Cassandra, and open source NoSQL database.
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Ghost: Just a Blogging Platform by John O'Nolan — Kickstarter
Does the world need yet another blogging platform? Apparently lots of people with money think so:
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Red Hat: The Software Industry's Choice Is 'Open Or Die' – ReadWrite
RedHat says OpenSource is the way to go. Surprise! Surprise!
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Ask Slashdot: How Do You Assess the Status of an Open Source Project? - Slashdot
How does one judge the health of opensource projects? Can these subjective bulletpoints be quantified?
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Dropplets: Probably the Simplest Blog in the World - OSTraining
Review of Dropplets: dead-simple blogging tool. Reminds me of Simple PHPBlog from days of yore, no DB:
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Six open source security myths debunked - and eight real challenges to consider | ZDNet
Cogent piece on opensource security myths vs. the real issues:
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Adafruit Learning System
Electronics tutorial site from adafruit. ok, it sells their kits, but they're cool kits.
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Building a Small IT Consulting Business Based on Linux (Video) - Slashdot
Notes from the trenches on running a Linux-based business aimed at the SME market:
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Parallella: The $99 Linux supercomputer | ZDNet
A $99 linux supercomputer? Could be awesome! I can think of several applications:
OSS Atlanta: Open Source News in the Atlanta, GA Area
Open Hardware in Atlanta
Yes, I know that technically this site is about open source software in Atltana, but open hardware is coming into its own. We've previously covered FreesideAtlanta. Now it looks like there are four people waiting for an Arduino meetup to form. For the uninformed, the Arduino is one of the current market leaders in open-source electronics prototype platforms. You can build or buy the boards, and the software development environment is open source.