Posts about Open Source Software as of September 17, 2009

Open-source software may unify the medical-records realm http://j.mp/qg61s No related posts.

As businesses worldwide seek to cut costs in the wake of current economic downturn, open source software has assumed an increasingly significant role in providing efficient and high quality alternatives. At ThakurSahib, a venture started by IIT alumni, we help businesses adapt cost effective open source solutions for their IT needs. Open source solutions offer [...] Related posts: Creating an Open Source CAD/CAM application I have published some of the slides, which gives us…

There was a large touch of irony in an August NY Times post discussing the demise of a fixture in the world of education, the school textbook. The article, In a Digital Future, Textbooks Are History , predicts the death of an industry that is becoming “antiquated” with each passing tech innovation. Though always considered exceedingly expensive, textbooks were once considered as fundamental to the classroom learning experience as the teacher.

ERP CRM HRM Others Openbravo Sugarcrm OrangeHRM OpenX Compiere SplendidCRM IceHRM Joomla Opentaps VTIger   WordPress Erp5 Hipergate     OpenPro       As businesses worldwide seek to cut costs in the wake of current economic downturn, open source software has assumed an increasingly significant role in providing efficient and high quality alternatives.  At ThakurSahib, a venture started by IIT alumni, we help businesses [...] Related posts: Creating an Open Source CAD/CAM application I have published some of the slides, which gives us…

Gummi is a lightweight LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK+ released as open-source software under a dual MIT/Beerware license, and was written by a BSc student of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam , Alexander van der Mey . The main feature of Gummi is that the Preview Pane will update as you are typing. In my opinion, this feature is good if you are learning LaTeX. Give Gummi a try, and tell me your opinion. Click here to download.

Quarterly reports are the stuff of business. In most people’s minds, they are as far from the spirit of free and open source software (FOSS) as anyone can imagine. All the same, as non-profit organizations, many FOSS projects issue them. And while your first reaction may be to avoid quarterly reports, they can give some insights into projects, especially if you read between the lines.

Today, we’re posting a how-to guide today that explains how to take eBooks authored using Adobe InDesign and convert them for compatibility with the Amazon Kindle and the Kindle Store. Because Amazon uses their proprietary AZW format, the Kindle doesn’t natively support the open EPUB standard. However, with a bit of open source software, it’s fairly easy to convert the EPUB files exported with InDesign into the Amazon-compatible MOBI format. Converting InDesign documents for Kindle compatibility requires the following steps:1.

Computerworld > Open Source Society mounts public sector desktop raid “The New Zealand Open Source Society is launching a project to demonstrate the viability of free open source software on public sector desktops.” (tags: opensource foss government nzoss nz publicsector )

Now days open source development is booming and used widely in web development. Especially for E-commerce website design and development, open source development is frequently used. Now most of people

The speed of innovation means new technologies are being introduced every day. What you may not realize is that some of the “older” tech knowledge is still in demand today, and with an abundance of new-generation programmers flooding the digital realm, programmers with some old-school knowledge can be worth a pretty penny.  Here are five savvy skills from yesteryear that can still prove themselves valuable, even if they don’t pop up in every day conversation.