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451 CAOS Links 2010.04.01
Matthew Aslett, April 1, 2010 @ 12:55 pm ETNovell owns Unix copyrights. Red Hat updates RHEL. And more.
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“Tracking the open source news wires, so you don’t have to.”
# A Utah jury confirmed that Novell owns the Unix copyrights. Groklaw reported on what happens next.
# ZDNet asked “Why doesn’t IBM just buy Novell already?”
# Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 added features designed to operate across physical, virtual and cloud deployments.
# The Register reported that Microsoft has appointed a GM of open source. (We’re assuming this isn’t a lame April Fools’ joke, and hope not, because this sounds like a positive move in Redmond).
# Brian Prentice maintained that open core is the emperor’s new clothes, prompting Pentaho’s James Dixon to speculate that Gartner and The 451 Group are confused about open core. (Our response is here.
# GigaOm asked “Who’s Making Money From Open Source in the Cloud?”
# GroundWork Open Source launched a new Ubuntu-powered virtual appliance for IT monitoring.
# Blogging innovation published misconceptions about transactional open innovation.
# OpenX teamed up with Orange to challenge Google’s DoubleClick in the European ad exchange market.
# SGI released Altix UV 10, a new high performance quad-socket Linux server.
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