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5 open-source projects that secretly power your favorite apps

OpenSSL is why you see that little padlock next to a web address in your browser. It's one of the core implementations behind ...
Computer Weekly

Percona CXO: a database security fix 'in one line of code’

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Open source database company Percona has been on the (virtual) road these past few weeks, hosting its web-based ...
ZDNet

IBM to make Java database open source

Raising its stakes in open-source software, IBM plans to create an open-source project around Cloudscape, a specialized Java database, CNET News.com has learned. In conjunction with the LinuxWorld ...
TechCrunch

Open source vector database startup Qdrant raises $28M

Qdrant, the company behind the eponymous open source vector database, has raised $28 million in a Series A round of funding led by Spark Capital. Founded in 2021, Berlin-based Qdrant is seeking to ...
TechCrunch

Open source software companies that go proprietary: A timeline

Open source might be the building blocks of the modern software stack, but companies building businesses off the back of open source software face a perennial struggle between keeping their community ...