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Open source is ubiquitous in today’s software market. Most major companies use at least some open source to run their business, and their proclivity for doing so is only rising as the years go on. Learn just how old the open source concept is and see where its bright future is headed.



If you are open source developer or thinking to start a project in open source you must have asked this question to yourself.
Which Open Source Licensing scheme shall I choose for my Project ?
There are many available choices of the license that can be very confusing and many people simply pick a license without really understanding the meaning or the clauses in the license. Some choose a license by the popularity. Some because a particular license is used in their favorite projects. Even worse, some even choose a license because it looks or sounds cool.

There are many resources on the Web that provide comparison of the available licenses. But here is one quick and funny way to make a choice of open source license for your projects.

Are you are an open source Developer? or a Documentation writer ? or simply a translator, then Zanata is a free Translation Management system for you.

If you are a developer or a content writer you can use Zanata to translate your software strings, your interface, your help files or your documentation translated and localized into different languages.

And if you are a translator, you can use Zanata to translate materials that Authors make available to you.

To ensure that Ubuntu runs smoothly in every laptops/desktops/servers, canonical has a program called Ubuntu Certification. Ubuntu certification is a program where ubuntu is working together with several laptops/desktops/servers and hardware providers to make sure that Ubuntu can work well on some product they produce.

Official Ubuntu (community) conducted some tests on every laptops/desktops/servers using predetermined testing and validation criteria before a servers/desktops/laptops or hardware awarded as 'Ubuntu Certified'. Some laptops/desktops/servers providers who have cooperated with ubuntu including Dell, Wipro, Lenovo, HP, IBM, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, System76, Intel, HCL Infosystems Limited, Citrix Systems, VMware, Sun, and Quanta.