SAN FRANCISCO--VA Software and IBM will announce a software partnership Tuesday, a move that highlights the tricky entanglements of the opposing open-source and proprietary programming philosophies.

Open-source software is non-proprietary software that can allow for collaboration and modification among developers. While developers are typically encouraged to view, modify, and improve open-source ...

The Steam Deck was a revolution in mobile gaming for PC, but it was also one for a reason most people weren't aware of: bringing Linux to the masses. The Steam Deck runs SteamOS, its own custom ...

Proprietary software is owned by a single entity and protected by copyright laws. It is usually sold for a profit, and its source code is kept confidential, meaning that users are not allowed to ...

Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. It’s difficult to overstate the role that open source plays in today’s technology-centric world, given that it ...

When someone buys a new smartphone, often they're preoccupied with the camera specs or the size of the screen or its storage capabilities. It's easy to overlook one of the most foundational aspects of ...

The rise of computational science has led to unprecedented opportunities for scientific advance. Ever more powerful computers enable theories to be investigated that were thought almost intractable a ...

The term "open" has been used and abused by the purveyors of technology for a couple of decades now, so it should come as no surprise that technology users are taking their turn. Today, the term has ...

Development is a creative process. Experience with hackathons and open-source solutions, for example, shows that input from many engineers accelerates progress and makes the final product better.