Apache OpenOffice.org proposal approved. SkySQL Tekes new funding. And more.
# The proposal for OpenOffice.org to become an Apache incubator project was unanimously approved.
# Rob Weir discussed how the relationship between OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice need not be a zero-sum game.
# Simon Phipps offered his thoughts on the potential positive and negative outcomes.
# Tekes, the main public funding agency for research, development, and innovation in Finland, …
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# Glyn Moody asked which open source software licensing is best for the future?
# The OpenSolaris Governing Board has collectively and expectedly resigned.
# OpenBravo has updated its rapid implementation ERP offering for small and mid-sized businesses, Openbravo QuickStart. …
[Read more]Reaction to Marten Mickos’s departure from Sun. On open letter to President Obama. Lots of announcements from Sun, the LIMO Foundation and WS02. Mozilla offers to help EC investigation of Microsoft. Black Duck raises funding and gets a new CEO. The state of Red Hat. And more.
Mickos fallout
Kaj Arno maintained that “MySQL’s culture and business
philosophy will live on in Sun.” He added: “In fact, you could
say MySQL now becomes mainstream at Sun. Former MySQLers continue
in key positions, in some cases with a mandate to generalise and
apply MySQL related learnings on other open source products.”
For example, Charles Babcock …
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Having been a bit busy for the last three weeks I have a bit of catching up to do on the latest open source software news. Here’s the headlines that caught my eye.
MySQL co-founder resigns from Sun
No, not that one. David Axmark resigned stating “I HATE all the rules that I
need to follow, and I also HATE breaking them. It would be far
better for me to “retire” from employment and work with MySQL and
Sun on a less formal basis.” If I may paraphrase Oscar Wilde, to
lose one co-founder may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both …
I?ve already taken a look at MySQL?s changing business model and the potential business drivers behind the company considering introducing new functionality under to Enterprise customers only. One area that I didn?t dive into was the impact on the company?s development model.
This, in fact, was the focus of Jeremy Cole?s initial take on the news as well as a significant response from Marten Mickos. ?MySQL will start offering some features (specifically ones related to online backups) only in MySQL Enterprise,? explained Jeremy.
?As I?ve discussed before, the …
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