IBM ramps up its open source efforts with mass project drive
IBM ramps up its open source efforts with mass project drive
Mar 01, 2005: IBM has increased its focus on open source through the contribution of more than 30 open source projects to SourceForge.net.
SourceForge.net, part of the OSTG Network, is the world's largest collaborative development site, with more than one million registered users and 96,000 projects. As a result, more developers can collaborate and build upon technologies spanning Java, Linux and wireless, fuelling more innovation to drive next-generation software applications.
Aditionally, IBM has launched new online skills-building programs to spur innovation, collaboration and development around emerging open source projects, and it is extending support for developers building web applications using PHP, a popular open source web development language.
The projects to be hosted by SourceForge.net include IBM's Jikes software, a fast Java compiler that helps developers speed their development time, and its Life Science Identifier, which helps developers in healthcare build life sciences applications by automatically scanning networks for biologically significant data.
"The momentum of open source and its adoption by governments and businesses worldwide points to the increasingly critical role of the software developer within business," said Gina Poole, vice president of developer relations, IBM. "Organisations looking for innovative software applications to drive their business projects are looking for developers with the tools and skills of tomorrow - based on open technologies."
IBM has now contributed more than 120 collaborative projects to the open source community.
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