Open source leverages the creativity of thousands whilst relying on the management of a limited number of contributors to maintain and debug the software. While open source creates true positive results such as Linux, a glitch in the most widely-used free Anti-Spam software – SpamAssassin – resulted in false positives and rejection of legitimate mail. [...]
Several of us recently returned from various hosting-oriented events, including Parallels EMEA Roadshow and cPanel in Texas. We talked to lots of people there that have developed their own homegrown solutions for email filtering, often based on open source; here are the top 10 reasons we heard for keeping their existing email filtering systems:
1. They [...]
Earlier this month Commtouch participated in the cPanel Conference in Houston, Texas. This annual event, now in its 4th year, brings together a wide group of attendees, from Linux engineers to company executives. The three day event offers hosting providers the opportunity to meet with leading cPanel partners and industry gurus to learn how to [...]
In last week’s blog post, I discussed how open source messaging security solutions are not really “free,” as many would believe. These solutions have associated operational, capital and productivity costs that are often overlooked and in the end, might even cost you much more than a good commercial solution.
Have a look at our short video [...]
Hosting providers select open source over commercial solutions as they’re free. But are they really free? Yes, the download is free, but how about managing and supporting the system. Is that free? And if the software isn’t doing what it’s supposed to do, aren’t there costs associated with that?
Ok, here’s the answer. Yes, there are [...]
