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 …
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Paranoid Android
If you are interested in the potential violation of the GPL by
the Android kernel you have probably already immersed yourself in
the numerous blog posts published on the topic. If not, start
with Sean Hogle’s analysis or Bradley M Kuhn’s overview of the original allegations and work
backwards from there, not forgetting a detour for the obligatory Microsoft connection. Linus
Torvalds said
claim “seems totally bogus”. In the meantime, Microsoft …
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 …
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