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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.18
Matthew Aslett, November 18, 2008 @ 9:42 am ETRed Hat’s chairman wins enterprising award. Sun updates StarOffice. Barracuda Networks acquires 3SP. Reaction to Sun’s reorganization. Barack Obama’s laptop. And more.
Press releases
Red Hat, Inc.’s Matthew Szulik Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2008 Overall National Winner Ernst & Young
Ingres Launches Ingres Database 9.2 Ingres
Sun Microsystems Unveils StarOffice 9 Software Sun Microsystems
Red Hat Increases Authorization to Repurchase Common Stock Red Hat
Barracuda Networks Launches Barracuda SSL VPN Following Acquisition of Reputable SSL VPN Provider Barracuda Networks
Univa UD Launches UniCluster 4.1 and Family of HPC Management Products Univa UD
Community Created GroundWork Monitor Japanese Generally Released To Address Growing Market Demand GroundWork Open Source
Open Kernel Labs Expands Global Market Presence: Launches European HQ Open Kernel Labs
Engine Yard Introduces Developer Support for Merb Engine Yard
Day Software Announces General Availability Of CQ5.1 Day Software
REvolution Computing Integrates Their R Distribution into Microsoft’s New High Performance Computing Server REvolution Computing
Yoggie Opens up its Miniature Hardware Firewall Yoggie Security Systems
Adobe Advances Flash Platform at MAX 2008 Adobe
ERP5 World Forum Defines Road Map for the Future Nexedi
News articles
Norway encourages use of open source software Associated Press
Sun’s Rich Green Set Open Source In Motion; Lift-off Still To Come Charles Babcock, InformationWeek
(InformationWeek evidently had something of an open source special this week.covering topics such as virtualization, SOA, content management, Linux, network management, business intelligence, Enamoly, and enterprise usage in general.)
The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal: Two years later Paul Krill, InfoWorld
Business vs. FOSS: Six Pressure Points Bruce Byfield, Datamation
Rule #2: Create a community Terry Hancock, Free Software Magazine
Open source growth dims LAMP stack to symbolic status Pam Deringer, SearchEnterpriseLinux
Bug Labs creates open source Lego for software engineers Bruce Byfield, Linux.com
Blogs
What if Sun fails with open source? Dave Rosenberg, Cnet
Rumors of the Demise of Open Source Startups: Greatly Exaggerated Mark Radcliffe, Law & Life: Silicon Valley
Open Source and Sustainability, Updated Michael Tiemann, Open Source Initiative
Sun: Dead company walking? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, ComputerWorld
ZipTie: New features, new name, new license? Tristan Rhodes, The Open Source Advocate
It’s the Infrastructure, Stupid John Mark Walker, There is No Open Source Community
Shouldn’t Obama use Linux, and not a Mac? Amanda McPherson, The Linux Foundation
Announcing Tungsten Replicator Beta for MySQL Robert Hodges, Continuent
French Recording Industry Sues SourceForge For Hosting Open Source P2P Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Meet the IT Channel’s Top 50 Open Source Companies The VAR Guy
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