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The Object Management Group (OMG) will be hosting the Standards for Free and Open-Source Software Governance Workshop on Wednesday, December 11th, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara, CA. The objective of the workshop is to build consensus among Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) users, developers and academic research institutions on what a FOSS governance process standard should entail.

Running from 9am-12pm PST, the event is taking place at a time when the use of FOSS is rapidly expanding. Exchanges between organizations that contain issues with FOSS intellectual property rights must be standardized in order to automate processing and save resources. Phil Odence, VP of Corporate and Business Development at Black Duck Software, will introduce the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) the de-facto standard from the Linux Foundation which enables organizations to share software package metadata that facilitate FOSS license and other policy compliance.

Leigh Jin, Associate Professor of the Information Systems Department at San Francisco State University will outline how FOSS has been employed by the university in order to provide a cost effective and efficient alternative to commercial Learning Management Systems. Not only will this case study outline the technical aspects of FOSSs adoption, but it will also explore how the universitys IT staff and administrators reacted to the software once implemented.

This complimentary event is open to the public as well as those attending the coinciding OMG Technical Meeting. Attendees are strongly encouraged to register online in advance. For more information, to view the agenda and to register, visit http://www.omg.org/foss-ca.

OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies and an even wider range of industries. OMGs modeling standards enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes.

Note for editors: For a listing of all OMG trademarks, visit http://www.omg.org/legal/tm_list.htm. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Common wisdom had held, and consumers had come to accept, that Apple products were more expensive that anything from their competitors. Mac Pro computers cost more that Windows PC; a MacBook came at a higher price than other laptops; an iPhone would set you back more than any comparable Android handset.

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This likelihood of a free Apple OS has been coming for a while; Apple offered the previous version of Mac OS X Mountain Lion for just $19, pretty close to free as software prices go.

In comparison, the base version of Microsoft's current operating system, Windows 8.1, sells for $120, and the supercharged Windows Pro 8.1 version will set a consumer back $200.

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Apple, a premium technology company whose products and services generally command a premium price, announced the latest upgrade of its flagship desktop/laptop operating system last week at a price that had the tech world scratching its head.

OS X Mavericks would be free, Apple announced; free to download, free to install, free to use.

Common wisdom had held, and consumers had come to accept, that Apple products were more expensive that anything from their competitors. Mac Pro computers cost more that Windows PC; a MacBook came at a higher price than other laptops; an iPhone would set you back more than any comparable Android handset.

Whether it was actual or perceived superiority, or simply the cachet of buying a product from a company seen as a leader in design and innovation, consumers seemed willing to pony up, and Apple's coffers swelled accordingly.

So why not charge for OS X Mavericks and make even more money?

Because Apple is, at its heart, a hardware company, and if the computer industry has learned one lesson over the years, it's that software sells hardware.

An operating system has one use; to run a computer. Apple wants to sell computers, and will happily give up a few dollars on Mavericks if it can convince an Apple user to upgrade to the latest, fastest and shiniest Mac computer -- or even entice a Windows PC user into switching.

This likelihood of a free Apple OS has been coming for a while; Apple offered the previous version of Mac OS X Mountain Lion for just $19, pretty close to free as software prices go.

In comparison, the base version of Microsoft's current operating system, Windows 8.1, sells for $120, and the supercharged Windows Pro 8.1 version will set a consumer back $200.

Microsoft sees that as proper because, until recently, it has been at its core a software company; it's where it has made its money.

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