Best of Open Source Software Awards 2009

InfoWorld's 2009 Bossies spotlight today's Top 40 open source products for business and IT pros

Best of Open Source Software Awards 2009

Ruby shining on Java, Windows, and Mac OS

Implementations of the dynamic language leverage popular platforms to broaden its appeal

Will it be a winner-take-all market for the cloud?

In this potential clash of the titans, the fight for open standards in the cloud market could easily fall by the wayside

Corporate IT turns to open-source virtualization

Savings are a big factor in the move to open-source virtualization, but so is the ability to tweak the software to suit specific requirements

Microsoft Azure set to capture open source revenue streams

Azure follows in Amazon's footsteps -- and other large IT vendors can't be far behind

Features

Desktop Linux: Ready for the mainstream

Organizations can adopt Linux for many users, and save the high upgrade costs of Vista or Windows 7 more

Quiz

Linux admin IQ test

How much do you really know about the free OS? more

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Take Chrome OS for what it is: A niche starting point
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Take Chrome OS for what it is: A niche starting point

Blog by Rodrigues, Urlocker, et al.

But follow the niche alpha geek adoption carefully, as it could point to more widespread Chrome OS use in the future

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