Mac gets open source virtualisation
Sun has released a major update to its open source desktop virtualisation tool xVM VirtualBox, adding support for Mac OS X and Solaris host operating systems, in addition to other improvements, reports ZDNet.
Software makers such as Parallels have been making Mac OS X virtualisation software for some time, but Sun is the first to release an open source virtualisation product for the platform.
Virtualisation technology allows several operating systems to run at the same time on a single physical host. VirtualBox runs as an application on a host operating system, on top of which various guest operating systems can execute.
IBM commits to open source
IBM is challenging people in Indonesia to unleash their natural talents to utilise open source technology and become master thinkers who can innovate solutions and solving the problems that people face today, says SDA-Asia.com.
According to Suryo Suwignjo, president director, IBM Indonesia, organisations are looking for innovative software applications while the corporations of the future are looking for developers with tools and skills of tomorrow. "We want to raise the bar for the future of open source technology."
IBM is closely partnered with the local government and academia to create an enabling environment by allowing free access to IBM software, course materials, training and curriculum development, helping Indonesia become an innovators nation by investing in skills development and technology enablement.
Open source security boosted
IT managers often assume open source software is more secure than proprietary commercial software, states Computerworld.com.
Anyone who uses open source can examine the original code to spot any lurking vulnerabilities, and potentially even fix the vulnerabilities themselves. With proprietary software, you have to trust the vendor to do it all for you.
But open source's supposed security advantage assumes three things: 1) someone is actually looking at the code; 2) security vulnerabilities are getting reported and fixed; and 3) information about those fixes makes its way to Linux distributors and other software vendors, which apply the fixes to their products. But what things aren't happening? As a customer, how can you be sure?
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