Topics for this podcast: *Moblin moves from Intel to Linux Foundation *Microsoft and TomTom settle, issues remain *No surprise – VC funding for open source down iTunes or direct download

IBM and Sun, the story continues. Jaspersoft updates open source BI. OIN hints at response to FAT patents. GroundWork partners with Pentaho. Moblin goes to the Linux Foundation. Updates for Mindtouch and DimDim. The touchless iCar. And more.

Last week during my presentation of Open Source is Not a Business Model at the ISV Forum I was running through some observations about community engagement best practices for traditional vendors when Stephen Walli asked me whether we thought a community manager should report to engineering or business executives. As Stephen notes I side-stepped the [...]

We’re getting word that Moblin — the developer and device community initiated and sponsored by Intel to pave a path for its Atom processor in netbooks, MIDs and other mobile devices — is getting new diggs at the Linux Foundation. While at first this sounds like something of a loss for Intel and it’s described [...]

It should not surprise anyone that the decline in funding for open source vendors seen in the second half of the year continued into the first quarter. According to our preliminary figures, there were just eight announced funding deals in the first quarter of 2009, compared to 22 in the first quarter of 2008. Seven [...]