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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.21
Matthew Aslett, November 21, 2008 @ 11:52 am ETSun updates MySQL Enterprise. The Microsoft/Novell deal is two years old. Nuxeo and Boxee get funding. Red Hat’s CEO on open source in a downturn. Steve Ballmer as a glove puppet. And more.
Press releases
Sun Enhances MySQL Enterprise With New Query Analyzer Tool to Boost Database Application Performance Sun Microsystems
Microsoft and Novell Mark Two Years of Interoperability Progress Microsoft
Nuxeo secures 2 million Euros and strengthens its board of directors and corporate governance Nuxeo
Red Hat Expands JBoss Certified ISV Program With 250 Partners Red Hat
Live from Beijing China: Community to Launch NetBeans 6.5 IDE at Sun Tech Days Conference Sun Microsystems
rPath Expands Multi Operating System Support with Ubuntu, CentOS rPath
Open Source Leaders Andy Astor and Anthony Gold Join Bluenog’s Board of Directors Bluenog
Univa UD Announces Software Stack to Simplify Cluster Deployment Univa UD
Sun’s Lustre File System Powers More Than 50 Percent Of The Top 50 Supercomputers Sun Microsystems
New Open Storage Solutions Establish Sun As HPC Storage Leader Sun Microsystems
Open Source Data Protection from Zmanda Soars to the Cloud(s) in 2008 Zmanda
CorraTech Launches Outsourcing Solutions For Open Source Independent Software Vendors CorraTech
OpenLiberty.org Releases First Open Source Identity Governance Framework Software OpenLiberty.org
News articles
Red Hat CEO Whitehurst Talks About Slowdown, Virtualization, Linux Charles Babcock, InformationWeek
Boxee raises funding as it goes after content, your living room Mg Siegler, VentureBeat
Struggling Sun faces difficult choices about future Jon Brodkin, NetworkWorld
The Microsoft-Novell Linux deal two years later Paul Krill, Computerworld
Open Source 101: An Executive Guide to Open Source Christopher Lindquist, CIO.com.au
An Open Source Vendor’s Biggest Competitor: Its Customers? Serdar Yegulalp, InformationWeek
Blogs
Sustainability in Uncertain Times Mitchell Baker, Mozilla
Two Years and Counting…. Peter Galli, Port25
Microsoft and Novell at two: Was the patent pact worth it? Mary-Jo Foley, ZDNet
Final Judgment in SCO v. Novell: SCO Loses Again Pamela Jones, Groklaw
MySQL Query Analyzer and open source business models Zack Urlocker, InfoWorld
Is Red Hat’s Whitehurst Right? Open Source Thrives In Downturn? Charles Babcock, InformationWeek
Open-source traffic is way up in 2008 Matt Asay, Cnet
How to Maintain a Successful Community Dawn Foster, Community 2.0
Ubuntu Server Edition: Canonical’s Big Challenge The VAR Guy
OpenX: the Unknown Variable Glyn Moody, ComputerWorld
Audio/visual
Steve Ballmer on Yahoo Acquisition 1938enterprise
The clip linked to above features a glove puppet of Steve Ballmer and some very strong language. Do not click it if you are easily offended. Do click it if you are easily amused.
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