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 …
[Read more]Palm sued for GPL violation. Wind River launches Android distro. And more.
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# Palm sued by Artifex over alleged GPL violation.
# Bradley M Kuhn described “The Anatomy of a Modern GPL Violation.”
# Wind River …
[Read more]Eben Moglen says EC case against Oracle-Sun is flawed. The value of open source. And more.
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# Eben Moglen told the EC he does not see threat to competition from Oracle-Sun, says EC’s objections are flawed. A statement from the SFLC is …
[Read more]Banking on open source. Open source as a business model. And more.
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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 …
Chrome OS and Andoid to merge - eventually. Oracle and SpringSource propose Eclipse OSGi project. And more.
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# Gizmodo reported that Chrome OS and Android are destined to merge, somehow.
# Q&A with open government activist David Eaves about Portland’s …
[Read more]Google launches Chromium project, Terracotta acquires Quartz. And more.
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# Google launched the Chromium OS open source project, a prelude to the Chrome OS, while Canonical confirmed that it is contributing to the development of Chrome OS.
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[Read more]Larry Augustin confirmed as SugarCRM CEO. Red Hat’s Fedora Project is 12. And more.
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# Larry Augustin was confirmed as full-time CEO of SugarCRM.
# Red Hat, by way of the Fedora Project, announced the launch of Fedora 12.
# Microsoft is to …
[Read more]Symbian’s future in the balance? All Go for Chrome OS. And more.
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Symbian’s future in the balance?
The H reported
that Samsung is to abandon Symbian in favour of Windows Mobile,
Android and the new Samsung bada OS, while Samsung later denied that …
Objectional statements on Oracle-Sun-MySQL. How Google uses Linux. And more.
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Objectional statements
The European Commission communicated its Statement of Objections
to Oracle’s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems to those
involved, prompting Oracle to claim the EC has a profound misunderstanding of
database competition and open source, the US DoJ to reiterate its position
that Oracle’s acquisition of Sun is unlikely to be
anticompetitive and an EC spokesperson to explain that concern
over …
Funambol acquires Zapatec. Open source gains Closure. And more.
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# Funambol acquired Zapatec, an AJAX web 2.0 frameworks vendor.
# The top ten issues facing open source users, according to Mark Radcliffe.
# Google …
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