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Is a VMware exodus looming? Disgruntled customers are actively seeking alternative providers or exploring open source options in the wake of Broadcom’s acquisition
VMware customers are becoming increasingly frustrated with uncertainty and spiraling licensing costs, new research suggests, after its acquisition by IT giant Broadcom. Research from Civo found more than half (51.9%) of VMware customers were considering ditching services after Broadcom finalized its acquisition of the cloud computing and virtualization firm. After a series of drastic changes to its operating model including…
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Elastic returns to open source, but can it regain the community’s trust? Some industry players aren’t holding their breath
AI search company Elastic has announced a return to its open source beginnings with the addition of a new license for its Elasticsearch and Kibana products. Elastic has added the GNU affero general public license v3 (AGPL), an open source license approved by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). AGPL will now be available as an option for users to license…
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The source code for Android 15 is now available to developers – Computerworld
Google has posted the source code for Android 15 on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), which means developers around the world can now produce their own versions of the operating system if they wish. More information, including the latest details on the Android Studio and Jetpack Compose tools, is available on the Android Developers Blog. (For those who prefer video, Spotlight Week offers a…
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The phrase ‘Open Source AI’ gets a definition – Computerworld
While the term “Open Source AI” has been used extensively in recent years, exactly what it means has never been clear — until now. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has released a proposed definition it hopes the tech world will accept. According to the new definition, it involves AI systems that consist of components that can be examined and studied. It must…
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