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451 CAOS Links – 2008.05.22
Raven Zachary, May 22, 2008 @ 11:59 pm ETMicrosoft adds ODF support to Office. Openbravo obtains new round of funding. Novell appoints new chairman. (and more)
Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office, Microsoft (Press Release)
Software application vendor Openbravo secures $12m in the largest ever round for Open Source ERP, Openbravo (Press Release)
Novell Appoints Rick Crandall Chairman of its Board of Directors, Novell (Press Release)
Open Source Software Continually Improving According to Research from Coverity Joint Venture with U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Coverity (Press Release)
Ingres OpenROAD Now Open Source, Ingres (Press Release)
Red Hat Offers Enhanced Value to Customers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2, Red Hat (Press Release)
Novell Delivers SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Enhancements in Service Pack 2, Novell (Press Release)
Linux Foundation Opens Korean Office, Linux Foundation (Press Release)
Neocleus Launches Virtualization Portfolio for Desktops and Laptops, Neocleus (Press Release)
Wind River and Intel to Drive an Open Source Platform For Automotive Industry, Wind River / Intel (Press Release)
SugarCRM Introduces Sugar Data Center Edition for Partners and Enterprises, SugarCRM (Press Release)
New Open Source DNS Server Released Today, Verisign (Press Release)
Zenoss Releases Point-and-Click Installers for all Major Linux Platforms, Zenoss (Press Release)
Medsphere Releases Enhanced Open Source Electronic Medical Record and Server Applications, Medsphere (Press Release)
Alcatel-Lucent delivers Office Communications Solutions 2008 for SMBs, Alcatel-Lucent (Press Release)
SnapLogic 2.0 Now Available as VMware Virtual Appliance, SnapLogic (Press Release)
Dimdim Uncages Open Source Eagle, Dimdim (Press Release)
Funambol Launches New Community Forge for Mobile Open Source Developers, Funambol (Press Release)
Opengear Adopts Nagios For Enterprise Grade Central Monitoring And Management, Opengear (Press Release)
Europe Doubts Microsoft’s Openess Claims, Forbes, Vidya Ram (Article)
Can Microsoft ‘do’ open source by 2015?, The Register, Gavin Clarke (Article)
Ubuntu Live 2008 cancelled, Linux.com, Lisa Hoover (Article)
Android vs. LiMo: What’s the difference?, Mobilecrunch, Greg Kumparak (Blog)
When is Open Open? And When is Open Closed?, RedMonk – tecosystems, Stephen O’Grady (Blog)
Is “the community” hurting the OSS business model?, rand($thoughts);, Savio Rodrigues (Blog)
Getting Back In The Ring, Opening The Social Web For Business, Shaun Connolly (Blog)
Mozilla: Final Firefox 3 expected in June, CNET – Underexposed, Stephen Shankland (Blog)
Open XML, ODF, PDF, and XPS in Office, Microsoft – Matusow’s Blog, Jason Matusow (Blog)
Why open source needs an attitude adjustment, InfoWorld – Tech’s Bottom Line, Bill Snyder (Blog)
Rumor: Zend for sale, with IBM a likely buyer?, CNET – The Open Road, Matt Asay (Blog)
“Summer 2008″ Goals, Mozilla – Mitchell’s Blog, Mitchell Baker (Blog)
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