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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.27

Raven Zachary, June 27, 2007 @ 2:55 pm ET

Sun open sources clustering code. Eclipse ships largest release to-date. GPLv3 to be released on Friday. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.26

Raven Zachary, June 26, 2007 @ 10:22 pm ET

Untangle releases open source security software for SMBs. Trolltech to offer Greenphones to select open source community members. GroundWork unveils training program. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.25

Raven Zachary, June 25, 2007 @ 5:22 pm ET

DevZuz appoints new CEO. Terracotta adds support for Hibernate and WebSphere. Xandros embraces both ODF and OpenXML. (and more)

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Enterprise Open Source Conference 2007

Raven Zachary, June 25, 2007 @ 10:44 am ET

I’m in New York City this week for SYS-CON’s Enterprise Open Source Conference, which runs concurrently with SOA World. On Tuesday at 12:30pm, I will be presenting ‘Going Open – A Guide for Software Vendors and Their Customers.’ This will be a summary of the research we did for the CAOS Research Report #3 a […]

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Funding updates - Centric CRM and Openads

Raven Zachary, June 25, 2007 @ 10:04 am ET

Centric CRM: June 13th funding announcement (press release) of an undisclosed amount (per the deal terms) by Intel Capital. This is the first time the company has taken an institutional investment, with prior investments having come from the company founders, executives, and three angel investors, totaling a few million. Centric CRM indicated that the amount […]

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.20

Raven Zachary, June 20, 2007 @ 11:59 pm ET

Novell announces real-time Linux enhancements. Aoix open sources UML technology. CollabNet integrates with HP. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.19

Raven Zachary, June 19, 2007 @ 11:59 pm ET

Red Hat acquires Mobicents. Trolltech acquires FONAV. Linux Foundation shares highlights from collaboration summit. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.18

Raven Zachary, June 18, 2007 @ 11:59 pm ET

IBM and Red Hat achieve highest security certification with the US government. Novell ships new service pack for SUSE. MySQL spotlights Wikipedia growth. (and more)

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Withholding judgment on the iPhone, GPLv3

Jay Lyman, June 15, 2007 @ 11:55 am ET

June 29, 2007, is looming large in the IT world as two monumental works make their way to the masses (at least the geek masses). First, this is the release date for Apple’s new iPhone. Second, it is also the date that the world is scheduled to receive the final draft of the latest General […]

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.14

Raven Zachary, June 14, 2007 @ 6:30 pm ET

Microsoft and Linspire sign collaboration agreement. Ohloh enhances online service for open source contributors. Open-Xchange launches new version of collaboration server. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.13

Raven Zachary, June 13, 2007 @ 4:30 pm ET

Centric CRM and Openads obtain funding. Red Hat launches systems management service for SaaS. Novell unveils SMB play. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.12

Raven Zachary, June 12, 2007 @ 11:43 pm ET

Sun enhances multicore support for OpenSolaris. Oracle Enterprise Linux sets price performance benchmark record. Pentaho adds single sign on. (and more)

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Hyperic raises $6.1m in Series B funding round

Raven Zachary, June 12, 2007 @ 11:15 am ET

Hyperic, an open source systems management company, announced last week that it had secured $6.1m in its Series B funding round (press release). This round was led by Benchmark Capital with participation from Accel Partners. This brings the total amount of funding raised to at least $9.9m ($3.8m in Series A, from the same investors, […]

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.11

Raven Zachary, June 11, 2007 @ 11:59 pm ET

Linux Phone Standards Forum releases specs and roadmap. WSO2 launches open source ESB for web services. Openbravo reaches 200k downloads. (and more)

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Open source invisibility more credible than FUD

Jay Lyman, June 11, 2007 @ 11:11 pm ET

In my years of watching the free and open source software movement, I’ve seen plenty of fantastical claims about open source, both how it is an IT silver bullet or a cure for world hunger, and how it is reserved for the poor or the geeky or worse. But this week was perhaps the most […]

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.07

Raven Zachary, June 7, 2007 @ 8:48 pm ET

Canonical announces Ubuntu for mobile. Red Hat and Symantec partner on secure server solutions. Webapplica launches open source projects. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.06

Raven Zachary, June 6, 2007 @ 11:59 pm ET

Red Hat completes acquisition of MetaMatrix. CollabNet and Sun unveil virtualized development platform. SourceForge adds wiki support. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.05

Raven Zachary, June 5, 2007 @ 6:27 pm ET

Hyperic obtains $6m in Series B funding. Neoware ships new version of NeoLinx. Aras provides migration option for PLM offering. (and more)

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451 CAOS Links - 2007.06.04

Raven Zachary, June 4, 2007 @ 6:29 pm ET

Microsoft and Xandros sign collaboration agreement. Palamida to provide vulnerability reporting for the OSA. Vyatta launches partner program. (and more)

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