Sun updates Java platform. Red Hat open sources SPICE. And more.
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# Sun has released Java Platform EE 6, Glassfish 3, and NetBeans 6.8.
# Red Hat released its …
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Banking on open source
# CIOL.com reported on the benefits of Standard Chartered
Bank’s open source-based core banking system.
Open source as a business model
The “open source has failed as a …
Government adoption. Financial results. New funding. And more.
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Government approval
The US Department of Defense issued guidance on the adoption of open source
software, while ComputerWorld reported that the U.S Department of Defense has
open-sourced an …
Funding for Engine Yard and DataSync. Red Hat and Microsoft joint support. And more.
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# Engine Yard raised $19m in Series C funding from the likes of Benchmark, DAG, Presidio and Amazon.
# Red Hat and Microsoft are now providing joint support for virtualization interoperability options.
# DataSync raised $1.2m and announced a partnership with SugarCRM.
# Simon Phipps began building a scorecard to …
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Patents
# Red Hat urged
the Supreme Court to to make clear that it excludes software from
patentability, while the SFLC and the FSF also filed briefs with the US Supreme Court
arguing against software patents.
Investment and M&A
# The WSJ …
CodePlex, patents and Linux code. An interesting few days for Microsoft open source.
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CodePlex, CodePlex, CodePlex!
Microsoft launched the CodePlex Foundation to facilitate
open source contributions, and confirmed the departure of Sam Ramji.
Patents, Patents, Patents!
The OIN confirmed the acquisition of 22 patents formerly
owned by …
Intuit launches open source project. SFLC on Microsoft GPL violation accusations.
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# Intuit launched open source projects and community to develop apps based on its Intuit Partner Platform, while Savio Rodrigues declared Intuit’s open source play is all business.
# SFLC’s Bradley Kuhn told SDTimes Microsoft was in violation of the GPL.
# MySQL and Memcached-based appliance vendor Schooner Info Tech has raised $20m in Series B funding.
# …
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Governments
The Examiner provided a two part interview with Daniel Risascher, Office of
the CIO, Department of Defense, on open source at the DoD, while
Government Technology Magazine reported on how open source software and cloud
computing can save government money. Similarly, The UK
Conservative party delivered a paper on the future of open standards,
open source, SOA and cloud for UK Government, while it was
reported that Vienna to …