WordPress Foundation formed. Reaction to Oracle-Sun approval. And more.
WordPress Foundation formed
# Matt Mullenwag launched the WordPress Foundation.
Reaction to Oracle-Sun’s EC approval
# In a memo Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz encouraged the company’s employees to
emotionally resign from Sun.
# EnterpriseDB and PostgreSQL co-founder Bruce Momjian issued a statement on the EC’s decision to approve Oracle-Sun.
# Mike Hogan …
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EC approves Oracle-Sun
The European Commission cleared Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun
Microsystems. While Larry Ellison is set to unveil Oracle’s
Sun strategy on January 27th, Monty Widenius said he will go to the
Court of First Instance to appeal the decision.
# Pro-open source political party formed in Hungary.
# Google …
[Read more]Monty turns his attention to the East. The value of JBoss to Red Hat. And more.
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# Monty Widenius predicted that the EU will clear Oracle-Sun “any moment”, turning his attention to Russia and China.
# Meanwhile the release candidate of MariaDB 5.1 is now …
[Read more]VMware confirms Zimbra buy. Facebook sponsors Apache Foundation. And more.
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# VMware confirmed its acquisition of Zimbra from Yahoo.
# Facebook became a gold sponsor of the Apache Foundation and outlined its …
[Read more]Eclipse adds OSGi server. VMware-Zimbra deal due today? And more.
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# VMware’s SpringSource proposed that its dm Server OSGi-based app server become an Eclipse.org community project, while SAP proposed the Graphiti project.
# All …
[Read more]Google unveils the Nexus One. RMS explains his position on dual licensing. And more.
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# Google launched the Nexus One Android phone.
# Richard Stallman explained his position on selling exceptions to the GNU GPL.
# Novell’s chief technology and …
[Read more]VMware to acquire Zimbra? 2009’s open source legal developments. And more.
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# All Things D reported that VMware is buying Zimbra from Yahoo.
# Mike Hogan speculated on what else would be missing from VMware’s virtualized software stack.
# …
[Read more]Red Hat’s Q3. Google’s definition of open. Copyright assignment. And more.
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# Red Hat reported third quarter net income of $16.4m on revenue up 18% at $194m
# Jonathan Rosenberg, Google’s senior vice president, product management, presented Google’s …
[Read more]Shuttleworth steps down as Canonical CEO. Open source at SAP. And more.
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# Mark Shuttleworth explained why he is stepping down as CEO of Canonical.
# Groklaw published The EU and Microsoft Settle Browser Issue; Interoperability with FOSS Still a Problem. …
[Read more]Recent non-Oracle/EC/MySQL news.
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# Novell reshuffled its Linux business into Security, Management and Operating Platforms business unit.
# HP partnered with Red Hat, Novell and Microsoft to target Sun migrations.
# The US DoJ …
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