Yet more Apache OpenOffice fall-out. Bacula Systems raises $5m. And more.
# As the proposal to incubate OpenOffice.org at Apache went live, controversy about the proposal continued. The Free Software Foundation unsurprisingly voiced its support in favour of the LGPL LibreOffice project,which Keith Curtis outlined his opposition to the plan.
# Bacula Systems raised $5m from KM Capital Partners and from the Swiss Canton of Vaud.
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[Read more]Oracle outlines MySQL plans. Datameer launches with Series A funding. And more.
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# Oracle confirmed InnoDB as the default MySQL storage engine, Hot Backup to become part of MySQL Enterprise and announced MySQL Cluster 7.1.
# Datameer launched Analytics Solution, which combines Hadoop with a spreadsheet interface, and also closed a $2.5m Series A round of funding from Redpoint Ventures.
# Infobright announced that it grew its customers base from 50 to …
[Read more]Elliot offers $2bn for Novell. OSI refutes IIPA’s view on open source. And more.
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# Novell confirmed a $2bn purchase offer from Elliot Associates. Interesting perspectives on Elliot’s offer for Novell from Linuxquestions, Andy Updegrove, and Matt Asay.
# The OSI categorically rejected the …
[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 …