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 …
UPDATED - I had to update this post after a conversation with RightScale founder and CTO Thorsten von Eicken and for Sun’s Open Cloud announcement, which are both now included below.
There has been some substantial technology and news regarding open source software in cloud computing lately. More proof that open source is reaching into nearly all aspects of enterprise and broader IT, and also reinforcement of the idea that open source software will continue to have a pervasive and disruptive impact on the way organizations of all shapes and sizes do their computing and deal with their data.
First up is RightScale, which as detailed by 451 colleague and Principal Analyst William Fellows, is up and running across the pond on Amazon’s EU EC2. As WiF reports, RightScale started with …
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