Microsoft’s Android revenue. Tizen formation. And more.
# As Microsoft announced its latest Android-related patent agreement with Samsun, Goldman Sachs estimated that the company will make $444m in revenue from Android patent deals for fiscal year 2012.
# LiMo Foundation and The Linux Foundation announced the formation of Tizen to develop a Linux-based device software platform.
# Karmasphere raised $6m in a series B round …
[Read more]Larry Ellison promises funds for MySQL, commits to community. The “open source vendor” debate in a nutshell. And more.
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# Larry Ellison promised MySQL will receive more money for development and research, while Oracle maintained that it is committed to Java and open source developer communities.
# GroundWork raised $5m series D funding from Canaan Partners, Mayfield, JAFCO Ventures and SAP Ventures.
# InformationWeek reported that Motorola has vacated …
[Read more]Cloudera lands funding. SourceForge acquires Ohloh. Novell reports Linux growth. And more.
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Cloudera shows signs of progress
GigaOM reported
that Cloudera raised $6m Series B funding from Accel and Greylock
and is now looking beyond web applications to wider
enterprise adoption of Hadoop. Cloudera also announced its first
certification program for Hadoop.
Open source goes mainstream in the UK
There have been signs of change recently with regards to open
source adoption in the UK, which has traditionally lagged behind
the rest of Europe and the US. CBR Magazine provided an analysis of …
Progress acquires IONA. Red Hat announces quarterly earnings. Optaros raises new round of funding. (and more)
Progress Software Corporation to Acquire IONA Technologies, Progess Software / IONA Technologies (Press Release)
Red Hat Reports First Quarter Results, Red Hat (Press Release)
Optaros Closes $12 Million in Series C Financing Co-Led by .406 Ventures & Globespan Capital Partners, Optaros (Press Release)
Sourcefire, Inc. Responds to Barracuda Networks …
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