Microsoft and Zend Technologies Announce Technical Collaboration to Improve Interoperability of PHP on the Windows Server Platform, Zend Technologies (Press Release) OpenClovis Launches New Application Open Source Projects, OpenClovis (Press Release) Red Hat Moving Forward, eWeek, Peter Galli (Podcast) OpenMFG Introduces Upgraded Version of Namesake Suite, eWeek, Renee Boucher Ferguson (Article) What Is Free Software? [...]

mysql announces new enterprise pricing and a record year…digium names new ceo…red hat launches new channel strategy…

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Red Hat Announces $325 Million Stock and Debenture Repurchase Program, Red Hat (Press Release) SourceLabs Builds on Customer Momentum, Raises $7 million Series B Investment, SourceLabs (Press Release) Nuxeo Core 1.0 released, Nuxeo (Press Release) Red Hat Exec: Oracle Linux Move ‘Positive for Us’, eWeek, Peter Galli (Article) Oracle has yet to prove Linux cred, [...]

Random quotes from a discussion on the Daily Dave pen testing list regarding the IPO of Sourcefire, the security company founded by Marty Roesch, the inventor of the Snort open source intrusion detection system (IDS). Priceless stuff, seeing comments on IDS from those who avoid it. “Making IDS part of a defense in depth strategy [...]

Unfakeable Linux. Red Hat responds., Red Hat (Press Release) Oracle Joins The Free Standards Group As A Platinum Member, Oracle (Press Release) Canonical Launches New Ubuntu Release for Desktops and Servers, Canonical (Press Release) White-Box PC Makers Pre-Install Novell’s SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, Novell (Press Release) SibylSource Offers Professional Windows-Based Open Source Desktop Suite, SibylSource [...]

I woke up this morning and checked out Red Hat’s web site, after receiving an email from my contact at Red Hat Corporate Communications. What did I see? UNFAKEABLE LINUX in a mega-font. Red Hat has posted a response to the Oracle announcement. Take a look. At the end of the FAQ page, Red Hat [...]

Oracle Announces The Same Enterprise Class Support For Linux As For Its Database, Oracle (Press Release) Sourcefire Files Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering, Sourcefire (Press Release) Red Hat ISV Partner Program Experiences Record Growth of 122% in 2006; Makes Plans for 2007, Red Hat (Press Release) Fonality Introduces trixbox 2.0 Next-Gen Asterisk-Based Application Platform, [...]

Earlier today, we reported on our discussions with Mark Shuttleworth on the release of Edgy Eft and the speculation about whether Oracle might announce a partnership or closer business ties with Ubuntu. We weren’t playing All The President’s Men – it wasn’t a major scoop when we said that nothing would happen today between Ubuntu [...]

Sourcefire, Inc., founded by Snort creator Marty Roesch, has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. The Columbia, Maryland-based company says in the filing that 2005 revenues rose 97%, to $32.9m from $16.7m. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 revenues increased 36%, to $28.9m from $21.2m over [...]

Rumors buzzed, but nothing during today’s keynote at Oracle OpenWorld by Larry Ellison regarding Oracle’s commitment to Linux – possibly in collaboration with a major Linux vendor. Whether Ellison used the word, “Ubuntu” in this speech, we believe that an Oracle-Ubuntu partnership is in the cards, based on an interview this morning with Mark Shuttleworth. [...]

Next-Generation Open Source Technologies Now Available in Fedora Core 6, Red Hat (Press Release) Mozilla Releases Major Update to Firefox and Raises the Bar for Online Experience, Mozilla Corporation (Press Release) Open-source ERP vendor hustles in SAP’s back yard, Computerworld, John Blau (Article) Microsoft Opens Sender ID Framework, NewsFactor Network, Elizabeth Millard (Article) Oracle courts [...]

Open Source IDE ObjectWeb Lomboz Provides Features for Enterprise Portal and SOA Development in Java, ObjectWeb (Press Release) a la Mobile Lands First Handset Customer, a la Mobile (Press Release) XenSource and Citrix Collaborate to Extend Xen into Windows Desktop Virtualization , XenSource (Press Release) Red Hat’s Global Community of Channel Partners See Increase in [...]

I’ll be in Palo Alto on Tuesday (10/24/06) for the IBD Network Under the Radar event on the topic of open source management solutions. I will be moderating a panel including executives from IBM, Novell, and SAP, after a series of vendor demos – Black Duck Software, GroundWork, Open Country, and SpikeSource. The panel, and [...]

Hello again, everyone. It’s been awhile since I’ve had the time to blog, other than my daily link lists, of course. I have been consumed with 451 CAOS Reports. Earlier this week, I finished the second CAOS Report, covering the topic of open source cost savings. You’ll be hearing more about this report in a [...]

Linux Desktop Vendor Xandros Reorganizes, eWeek, Steven Vaughan-Nichols (Article) Organization to pay Debian developers begins work, Linux.com, Bruce Byfield (Article) Compiere User Community Splits; Code Forks, eWeek, Peter Galli (Article) MySQL CEO Marten Mickos Answers Your Questions, Slashdot, Robin Miller (Article) Enterprise 2.0 needs Digital Foundation, Enter The JBoss Matrix, Marc Fleury (Blog) Big challenges [...]

IONA Reports Profitable Third Quarter Results, IONA (Press Release) Red Hat Expands Footprint in Telecommunications Industry, Red Hat (Red Hat) Funambol Launches Industry’s First Open Source Community-Based Phone Certification Program to Accelerate Mass Adoption of Mobile Services, Funambol (Press Release) Pentaho Announces Google Maps Integration, Pentaho (Press Release) MySQL Enterprise Database – Ready or Not?, [...]

Novell Delivers Integrated Stack for SUSE Linux Enterprise Built with Mixed Source Software and Systems from IBM, Novell (Press Release) European Consortium to Prove Quality of Open Source Software, SQO OSS (Press Release) Pentaho Marks Second Anniversary with 1.5 Million Downloads, Pentaho (Press Release) Centeris Sponsors New Interoperability Event, TechX World, Centeris (Press Release) Open [...]

MySQL Enterprise — Double your DBA Staff without Adding Headcount, MySQL (Press Release) Ingres Opens Its Doors in India to Satisfy Growing Demand for Business Open Source Software, Ingres (Press Release) Free Standards Group Teams with O’Reilly Media to Offer Linux Developer Services, Free Standards Group (Press Release) Hyperic Enhances Enterprise-Class Software Security, Hyperic (Press [...]

JBoss Updates Hibernate, Certifies on Java Persistence, Red Hat (Press Release) OpenLogic Launches Indemnification for its Certified Library of Open Source Products, OpenLogic (Press Release) Black Duck Software Expands Software Compliance with exportIP to Manage Export Encryption Requirements, Black Duck Software (Press Release) Wind River Partners with Kontron to Develop Linux Based Industry Standard Telecom [...]

We are entering the final week of our open source cost savings survey. If you haven’t already participated, I strongly encourage you to do so. The process will take less than five minutes and your feedback is valued. The link to the survey form is at the bottom of this blog post. As part of [...]