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451 CAOS Links 2008.11.28
Matthew Aslett, November 28, 2008 @ 11:10 am ETSourceForge grew revenue 17% in Q1. What Sun should do. HP falls out with GroundWork. A new license for openSUSE. And more.
Press releases
SourceForge Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results Source
openXpertya and Jaspersoft Formalize Relationship to Bring Enhanced Reporting to User Community JasperSoft
Open Source EDC Software Surpasses 16,000 Downloads; Fueled by Professional Open Source Model Akaza Research
News articles
Sun seeks ray of light in open-source turnround Richard Waters, Financial Times
Why a Sun/EMC Match Might Work Andy Patrizio, InternetNews.com
Angel investors help Aras expand to European market Galen Moore, Mass High Tech
Q&A: Alistair Handyside, Simplexo CEO Steve Evans, Computer Business Review
EFF Berates Apple Over Open-Source iTunes Project Robert McMillan, CIO.com
IBM authorizes OpenSolaris on mainframes Timothy Prickett Morgan, The Register
Blogs
HP tries to hide its pricing from customers and open-source competitors Matt Asay, Cnet
HP’s Headache: GroundWork Open Source The VAR Guy
openSUSE Sports a New License (Ding dong, the EULA’s dead…) Zonker, openSUSE
IBM’s ex-Mr GNU/Linux Joins Obama Policy Group Glyn Moody, Open…
Analyst: Red Hat “deeply undervalued,” Oracle Linux “has failed” Matt Asay, Cnet
SCO Files Notice of Appeal in Novell Litigation Groklaw
What do BitRock Developers Really Think of Microsoft? Peter Galli, Port 25
A great time to start an open source company Dana Blankenhorn, ZDnet
Sun’s Open Source Appliances Glyn Moody, ComputerWorld UK
Talking with Likewise on GPLv3 and community management Joe Brockmeier, ZDnet
What Sun should do
What Sun Should Do Tim Bray
What Sun Should Do Ian Skerrett, Eclipse Foundation
What Would SOG Do?: Views on Sun Stephen O’Grady, RedMonk
What Should Sun Do? James Governor, RedMonk
What Sun Should Do Rick Sharples
What Should Sun Do? Deliver Apps not Infrastructure Lou Franco, Atalasoft
TBray Response: Sun Should Stop Sucking Kirk Wylie
What Should Sun Do? Rich Sands
Do Tim Bray And Business Strategy Mix? Simon Brocklehurst
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