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DEFINITION: 1) In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or modification as users or other developers see fit. (Historically, the makers of proprietary software have generally not made source code available.) Open source software is usually developed  … 
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JavaScript Library Overview (Tutorial)
sponsored by The Ajax Experience
WEBCAST: JavaScript Libraries are the de-facto way of developing client-side JavaScript code, and learning which frameworks best suit your needs will drastically affect your development.
Posted: 09 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Mozilla Transforms BI with Pentaho and Vertica
sponsored by Vertica Systems
WEBCAST: Please join this webinar to learn about the business intelligence platform Mozilla Corporation uses to support the management of some of the world's largest collaborative, open-source development projects such as the Firefox web browser.
Posted: 12 Nov 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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All about Open Source and Virtualization with xVM
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WEBCAST: In this webcast the speaker Vijay Sarathy Sr. Manager of xVM talks about virtualization of xVM servers and the benefits of server virtualization.
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Demo of the xVM Ops Center Managing Live Data Center Out in Denver
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WEBCAST: In this webcast the speaker Steve Wilson VP of xVM shows a live demo of the xVM Ops Center software and managing a set of servers in data center out in Denver.
Posted: 09 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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OPEN SOURCE DEFINITION (continued): …  as a public collaboration and made freely available.

2) Open Source is a certification mark owned by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Developers of software that is intended to be freely shared and possibly improved and redistributed by others can use the Open Source trademark if their distribution terms conform to the OSI's Open Source Definition. To summarize, the Definition model of distribution terms require that:



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