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Matthew Aslett, December 2, 2008 @ 12:42 pm ETMySQL 5.1 reaches GA. But is it ready for production deployments? SpringSource launches commercial version of Apache Tomcat. BusinessWeek focuses on open source business models and open source in the downturn. And more.
Official announcements
MySQL 5.1 Downloads — Generally Available (GA) release for production use Sun Microsystems
SpringSource Launches tc Server; Continues to Redefine Application Server Market SpringSource
Open Solutions Alliance Appoints New President, Announces New Leadership Team Open Solutions Alliance
Liferay Introduces Open Source Collaboration Software with Office Integration Liferay
Actuate’s BIRT Products Complement IBM Rational ClearQuest 7.1 Flexible Reporting Model Actuate
Commissioned Study Shows Open Source Paves The Way For The Next Generation Of Enterprise IT Groupe Bull
Open-Xchange Groupware Available with Mac and iPhone Open-Xchange
Concurrent Enhances RedHawk Linux to Address Growing Needs in Real-Time Application Development Concurrent
SplendidCRM Software releases Enterprise 3.0 with a new Workflow engine SplendidCRM
Good OS Announces Cloud – A New Operating System for 2009 Good OS
OW2 Consortium launches its web platform in China OW2
Michael Proper Gathers Another World Class Team of IT Innovators to Launch CentralPointe CentralPointe
News articles
Open Source: The Model Is Broken Stuart Cohen, BusinessWeek
Cost-Conscious Companies Turn to Open-Source Software Rachael King, BusinessWeek
Open Source: A Silver Lining in the Economic Slump Rachael King, BusinessWeek
Open Source ‘Fundamentally Superior’: Red Hat CEO James Whitehurst LinuxInsider
Red Hat Spacewalk Expands Linux Management Sean Michael Kerner, InternetNews.com
Fixing Linux: What’s Broken And What To Do About It Serdar Yegulalp, InformationWeek
MIT to Open Source Mobile Web Code Lidija Davis, ReadWriteWeb
Blogs
Oops, we did it again (MySQL 5.1 released as GA with crashing bugs) Monty Widenius
MySQL 5.1 release schedule Kaj Arno, Sun Microsystems
Don’t shy away from MySQL 5.1 Robert Hodges, Continuent
Quality of 5.1 GA release Ryan Thiessen
Open source – it’s all about the value add Zack Urlocker, InfoWorld
Open Source: Broken Model Or Breaking The Mold? Serdar Yegulalp, InformationWeek
Open source is dead. Long live open source Matt Asay, Cnet
Mozilla Foundation and 2010 Goals Mitchell Baker, Mozilla
Interview: Anthony Gold Takes Over as President of Open Solutions Alliance Lisa Hoover , OStatic
Collaboration at work: Alfresco Share / Red Hat Solution RHX Team, Red Hat
Thoughts on “What Sun Should Do” Terrence Barr
Openbravo to push open source ERP more aggressively in US Paula Rooney, ZDnet
A New Appreciation for Open Source in India – and Our Role in it. Anandeep Pannu, Port 25
AGPL Declared DFSG-Free Bradley M. Kuhn, Software Freedom Law Center
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