Twitter unveils open source page
The Twitter microblogging service has created a Twitter loves open source page, listing the projects it has released or contributed to, reports The H Open.
The page lists programs written in Ruby, Scala, Java and C/C++ and some tools, providing developers with open source gems from clients to Cassandra, Kestrel message queues and Thrift, text processing for Tweets, interfaces to Zookeepers distributed lock server, cache libraries and a simple UUID generator.
The publication of the Twitter open source page does provide some insight into how the microblogging service constructs its internal systems, but as the actual Twitter service is closed source, it is not enough to construct one's own microblogging service.
LiMo adds Adobe as partner
The LiMo Foundation has added Adobe as a global partner, with Adobe applauding the group's open standards that will allow Adobe to "further its goals of open standards" in 2010, says Daily Tech.
"There has been a step change for Linux in mobile," says Morgan Gillis, head of LiMo. "No other operating system now matches the vendor coverage of Linux - it is being commercially developed by virtually all leading mobile device vendors from the largest downwards."
Adobe says it will now make it easier for developers to integrate Flash, Creative Suite and other Adobe software into future LiMo Platform product launches.
Cloud's effect on open source
Andrew Charlesworth, director of the University of Bristol centre for IT and law, says the reasons some businesses choose open source software could be eroded by cloud services, reports ZDNet UK.
"Some of the things businesses consider using open source for, they seem less likely to consider," says Charlesworth. "Cost and vendor lock-in will be less important, because businesses will be able to see what's available in the cloud." Open-source licensing may also be undermined by cloud services.
He suggests companies don't continue to use version 2 of the widely used GNU general public licence, which was designed specifically to cater for traditional software distribution. The GPLv3 was designed to circumvent GPLv2 networking licensing problems, is said to be rapidly gaining in popularity.
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