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451 CAOS Links 2008.12.12
Matthew Aslett, December 12, 2008 @ 12:46 pm ETFSF sues Cisco for GPL violations. JasperSoft and Lucid Imagination raise funding. Sun updates OpenSolaris. WaveMaker launches IDE for the cloud. And more.
Official announcements
Free Software Foundation Files Suit Against Cisco For GPL Violations Free Software Foundation
Jaspersoft Secures $12.5 Million in Venture Funding JasperSoft
Sound Investment Red Hat
HP Expands Easy-to-use Virtual Protection Tool, Desktop Linux Offering for Small Business Customers Hewlett-Packard
Sun Microsystems Launches Latest Version of OpenSolaris Sun Microsystems
Zmanda Partners With Sun to Launch Advanced Backup Solutions Based on OpenSolaris Zmanda
WaveMaker Announces First Open IDE for Cloud Computing WaveMaker
Alfresco and Joomla Deliver First Integration Based On CMIS Standard Alfresco
Open-Xchange Announces Four Additional SaaS Providers Open-Xchange
Ingres Database Achieves Certified Integration With SAP Netweaver Technology Platform Ingres
SpringSource Launches New Partner Program for Consultants and Developers SpringSource
OpenLogic Launches Training Services for Open Source Software OpenLogic
SFLC Works With LinuxDefenders to Address Software Patent Threats Software Freedom Law Center
Essentia Powers Open Solutions Alliance Community Portal With EssentiaESP Essentia
News articles
Sun shines after Dunn’s backing Richard Waters, Financial Times
Microsoft revising its attitude toward open source Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service
Lucid Imagination Raises First Round PE Hub
Sun takes another swing at cloud computing James Niccolai, IDG News Service
Funambol’s CEO sees AGPL as essential for FOSS in cloud computing’s future Bruce Byfield, Linux.com
EU court to hear groups, vendors in Microsoft antitrust appeal Paul Meller, ComputerWorld
Saving on licences is a main advantage of open source, report says Gijs Hillenius, OSOR.EU
Blogs
Is Cisco an open source leech? Savio Rodrigues, InfoWorld
Answering Savio: “Is Cisco an open source leech?” Dave Roberts
Whither open source in the land of leeches? Matt Asay, Cnet
Free Software Foundation Files Suit Against Cisco For GPL Violations Dave Roberts
WaveMaker Launches First Open-Source IDE for the Cloud Chris Keene, WaveMaker
Open Source Business Intelligence In an Economic Down-Turn James Dixon
Symbian vs. Android vs. Windows Mobile Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol
Open Source Industry Expert Defends Decision to Join Microsoft Lisa Hoover, OStatic
Insubordinate or honest? What should Sun do about Monty? Joe Brockmeier, ZDnet
A Little Chat With Microsoft On Open Source Platform Strategy Serdar Yegulalp, InformationWeek
Comments (3) Categories: Links,Software
Re: “Microsoft revising its attitude toward open source Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service”
It”s about selling proprietary Microsoft stacks. Nothing has changed at Microsoft other than the EEE (divide and conquer strategy).
“Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.”
–Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO
Недвижимость в деталях…
ustice for Friday, December 12, 2008: Awkward Silent). Однако при отсутствии таких положений при наличии всех установленных законом существенных условий требов…
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