Ken Jacobs departs Oracle. Linus loves his Nexus One. And more.

One of the issues I have with the Free Software approach is that advocates have habit of throwing the baby out with the bathwater when discussing issues that they see as in any way negative to free software.
I was reminded of this while reading Bradley M. Kuhn’s criticism of Mark Shuttleworth’s reported views on [...]

Topics for this podcast:
*Matt Asay moves from Alfresco to Canonical
*GPL fade fuels heated discussion
*Apple’s iPad and its enterprise and open source impact
*Open source in data warehousing and storage
*Our perspective on Oracle’s plans for Sun open source
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Matt Asay joins Canonical. Paula Hunter joins the CodePlex Foundation. And more.

Say what you will about Google, its open source software use, its perspective on openness or its lack of openness in some cases (and as evidenced by the links, I have), but the company deserves some credit for being — like it or not — the ‘open alternative.’ In addition to its contributions of code, [...]

Oracle’s plans for Sun’s OSS. The UK’s updated OSS strategy. And more.

We’re continuing to see signs that the dominant GPL open source license may be fading from favor among commercial open source software players. The latest move away from the GPL comes from content management software vendor Alfresco, which is moving to the LGPL after originally releasing its code under the GPL three years ago. The [...]

Oracle closes Sun acquisition. The state of the union at Red Hat. And more.

WordPress Foundation formed. Reaction to Oracle-Sun approval. And more.

Topics for this podcast:
*Open source in consumer devices
*VMware-Zimbra deal highlights open source, cloud
*A capitalist’s guide to open source licensing
*Latest on Oracle-Sun-MySQL, M&A implications
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UPDATE: The webinar is now available here.
We are pleased to present a new CAOS webinar next week on the cost and other benefits of open source software based on our research and analysis, including our survey of more than 1,700 open source software customers and end users. The report, Climate Change - User Perspectives on [...]

EC approves Oracle-Sun. Google patents MapReduce. And more.

There has been a fair bit of hand-ringing recently about free and open source software’s impact on mobile phones and other consumer devices. Lysandra Ohrstrom of the SFLC last week celebrated the increased use of FOSS on devices available at the Consumer Electronics Show, but lamented the fact that often the user does not get [...]

I have to admit, I was somewhat skeptical of VMware’s interest and outlook with regard to open source software when the enterprise vendor acquired SpringSource in August 2009. Basically, I thought VMware was more focused on cloud strategy and SpringSource’s subscription business in application development and deployment than on its open source nature. However, after [...]

Monty turns his attention to the East. The value of JBoss to Red Hat. And more.

VMware confirms Zimbra buy. Facebook sponsors Apache Foundation. And more.

We’ve provided a few examples recently of vendors choosing permissive licenses for open source software projects with the express purpose of rapidly driving adoption of a particular technology (Day Software, JetBrains, SpringSource).
The last of those was interesting as compared to SpringSource’s previous decision to use the GPL for the same project with the intention of [...]

Regular visitors to the 451 CAOS Theory blog will be well aware of The 451 Group’s CAOS (Commercial Adoption of Open Source) research service and our CAOS long-form reports.

They are probably less aware of the open source coverage that The 451 Group provides on a day-to-day and week-to-week basis, however, and I thought it would be worthwhile to provide some examples of The 451 Group’s ongoing open source coverage by highlighting a few recent reports.

Eclipse adds OSGi server. VMware-Zimbra deal due today? And more.

When SpringSource introduced its dm Server product, then known as the Application Platform, I argued that it was fascinating (if you’re in to that sort of thing) to see that SpringSource had chosen the GPL for the OSGi application server.
It is equally fascinating (if you’re in to that sort of thing) to see that the [...]