Jive goes public. webOS goes open source. Cloud Foundry goes .NET. And more.
# Jive Software started IPO at $12 a share, closing the day up nearly 30%.
# HP announced that it plans to release webOS under an open source license. Details are thin on the ground, although Fedora is reportedly an inspiration. Joel West’s post pretty much summed up my thoughts.
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[Read more]There has been no shortage of reaction to HP’s move to make the Linux-based WebOS open source software. Below, I offer some of my thoughts on the meaning for the different players affected.
*What’s it mean for WebOS?
Moving WebOS to open source was best option for HP. It retains
some value in the software depending on its involvement. It is
also the best fate for the code, rather then being sold or
simmered to its IP and patent value or even used as another
weapon in the ongoing mobile software patent wars. Still, the
move comes amid huge developer and consumer uncertainty for
WebOS. Nevertheless, at least WebOS was already in the market
with a compelling products, the Palm the Pre, in the modern
smartphone market. WebOS will hopefully have a faster path to
open source than Symbian since the former is based on Linux. I
still think the greatest opportunity for WebOS may be in serving
as an …
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