OpenOffice extensions--when good gets better. Similar to using Firefox add-ons, you can get much more done with plug-ins from the OpenOffice repository.

Microsoft's business model is done. Systems that quick-boot Linux without waiting for Windows to load are a problem for the software giant.

Catching up with GroundWork's new CEO, Peter Jackson. He plans to focus on Web 2.0 community building and enterprise customers.

Vyatta adds security tools to open source routing platform. SSL, VPN and more are in Vyatta Community Edition 5, available now.

Hire open source developers, or partner with them? There are instances where creating sustainable employment for them is difficult.

It's been a busy couple of months for open source network and systems management software vendor GroundWork. A couple of weeks ago, the company rolled out a whole slew of updates in GroundWork Monitor 5.3, and today its announcing new company officers at the helm and a fresh round of funding from investors.

Recently, we covered research showing that nearly half of open source developers are focused on applications for delivery in the cloud. Software as a Service (SaaS) applications are increasingly either employing open source or are built entirely on it. And all of this adds up to an increasing premium on web development skills and good tools for web development in the open source community. The good news is that there are many  open source tools to help you with your web project, and given the costs of web development environments and the like, they can save you a lot of money. Here are over 15 good examples of tools and tutorials, with a few that we've covered before appended at the end, in case you missed them.