Tag: opensource
Open Source Office Suites Can Replace Microsoft Office
An office suite is designed to make things easy. It is a bundle of software put together to facilitate the work of an organisation....
How to Start a Career with Open Source Skills
In this second article on career choices and job opportunities, we look at the advantages of starting a career by contributing to open source.
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Using MinGW for C Programming in Windows
Though Windows and Linux are often perceived as incompatible with each other, it is possible to run free and open source software on Windows....
Using LibreOffice to Increase Business Productivity
Business and productivity are two sides of the same coin. The use of open source software promotes productivity by removing several bottlenecks like vendor...
DeviceHive: The Scalable Open Source M2M Development Platform
DeviceHive provides powerful instruments for smart devices to communicate and manage services. It incorporates three critical technologies that affect mobile developers and users— the...
Monet DB The Column-Store Pioneer
Persistence of data is what makes application software usable. Data persistence has come a long way from simple file based storage to the latest...
It’s Important to Validate Blockchain Applications in Real-time Scenarios
Cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain based technology have created a buzz over the past few years. In this article, we take a look at...
Interfacing Python with the SQLite Transactional Database Engine
SQLite is the world’s most widely installed database engine, deployed in application software such as browsers for local or client data storage. Being free...
The Ethereum Saga
This article describes the origins and rise of Ethereum. The ups and downs in the journey of this blockchain make for interesting reading. Ethereum’s...
What’s New in Java 12?
Java 12 was released in March 2019. This new, improved version has incorporated many language changes, all of which are outlined in this article.
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