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, …
[Read more]Two years ago I published a post entitled “things I wrote down during OSBC”. It tuned out to be surprisingly popular, so I decided to try the same formula again.
Just as was the case two years ago these are presented chronologically. I wrote down a lot more than this, to be clear, but these were the most quote-worthy things. Also, as in 2009, some of them confirm things we already think about commercial open source (or in some cases data management), others were interesting ways of expressing old ideas:
“The next generation of computing is being led by users, rather
than vendors.”
Jim Whitehurst
“The value of open source has moved from commoditization to
innovation.”
…
SugarCRM. Funding for EnterpriseDB and Morphlabs. Even more core. And more
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Bittersweet
# OStatic asked
whether SugarCRM has violated open source principles.
# Larry Augustin clarified SugarCRM’s approach to open source and openness.
# Savio Rodrigues advised anyone considering SugarCRM not to get hung-up on source code availability.
Funding round
# EnterpriseDB has reportedly
raised $7.5m of
a …
Funding for Eucalytus and Moodlerooms. SkySQL offers support for MySQL. And more.
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# Eucalyptus Systems raised $20m in a second round of funding led by New Enterprise Associates.
# Moodlerooms reportedly raised $7.15m in equity funding.
# SkySQL announced its intention to provide support & services for the MySQL ecosystem.
# StatusNet launched the open source StatusNet Desktop Client.
# Rhomobile …
[Read more]Elephants on parade: Hadoop goes mainstream. And more.
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Elephants on parade
# Cloudera launched v3 of its Distribution for Hadoop and
released v1 of
Cloudera Enterprise.
# Karmasphere released new Professional and Analyst Editions of its Hadoop development and deployment studio.
# Talend announced that its Integration Suite now offers native support for Hadoop.
# Yahoo …
[Read more]What’s missing from WebM? VoltDB launches. The importance of profitability. And more.
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# Simon Phipps examined what’s missing from WebM, from an open source perspective.
# Mike Stonebraker’s VoltDB officially launched its open source in-memory OLTP database.
# Jim Whitehurst argued that one of Red Hat’s most valuable contributions to open source is its profitability.
# Infobright appointed former Aleri CEO Don DeLoach as its new …
[Read more]We’ve long wondered what might happen to all of that open source software from Sun Microsystems now that it’s at Oracle? Obviously, some pieces continue to live at Oracle (Java, Solaris, MySQL), but there are a number of open source projects that Oracle has either neglected to talk about or have been overlooked, particularly as we focused on user reactions, implications and finally approval of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun.
One significant group of open source technologies from Sun is its OpenSSO single sign-on identity and access …
[Read more]Updating the MPL. Funding for Lucid and eXo. StatusNet. And more.
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Updating the MPL
# ZDnet reported that the 10-year-old Mozilla Public
License will be updated by the end of 2010, while Mitchell Baker
explained the
process.
Funding for Lucid and eXo
# Lucid Imagination raised $10m in series B funding from Shasta
Ventures, Granite Ventures and Walden International.
# eXo Platform raised $6m from Auriga …
[Read more]Larry Augustin confirmed as SugarCRM CEO. Red Hat’s Fedora Project is 12. And more.
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For the latest on Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL via Sun, see Everything you always wanted to know about MySQL but were afraid to ask
# 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]Since the European Commission announced it was opening an in-depth investigation into the proposed takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle with a focus on MySQL there has been no shortage of opinion written about Oracle’s impending ownership of MySQL and its impact on MySQL users and commercial partners, as well as MySQL’s business model, dual licensing and the GPL.
In order to try and bring some order to the conversation, we have brought together some of the most referenced blog posts and news stories in chronological order. Part one, below, takes us from the announcement of the EC’s in-depth investigation up to the eve of the communication of the EC’s Statement of Objections. We will continue to update part two until either the acquisition or the EC’s investigation …
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