VMware and Salesforce.com launch VMforce. Red Hat provides Cloud Access. And more.

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# VMware and Salesforce.com launched VMforce, a platform for developing and deploying Java cloud applications.

# Red Hat Cloud Access enables enterprises to use their Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription on Amazon Web Services.

# Canonical announced Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition, Desktop Edition and ISV support.

# Novell claimed 5,000 certified applications for SUSE Linux Enterprise.

# Nokia released the first device based on the fully open source Symbian^3 OS.

# Canonical claimed 12,000 active deployments of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, prepares LTS release.

# The Ruby Association joined the Open Invention Network as a licensee.

# Nearly 20% of SMBs plan to begin using open source software in the next 12 months, according to CompTIA.

# Microsoft released its StyleCop source code style and consistency tool as open source, using the MS-PL.

# LinMin supports the provisioning and imaging of systems running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

# Puppet Labs launched Puppet Dashboard 1.0.

# Microsoft signed the Joomla! Contributor Agreement and contributed code to the 1.6 trunk.

# eWeek reported and Schooner declared that Gear6 is in liquidation.

# What was Microsoft doing at DrupalCon? Brian Swan answered his own question.

# The Apache Hadoop project was granted a license related to Google’s MapReduce patent.

# InformationWeek reported on the formation of Riptano , a support provider for the Apache Cassandra database project, while Jonathan Ellis explained his plans for the company.

# xTuple grew Q1 revenue by over 20%.

# CIGNEX Technologies Inc and AGS Technology Group merged to form CIGNEX Holding Corporation.

# Robert Hodges of Continuent shared his thoughts on the present state and potential future of MySQL.

# The final version of the Procurement and Open Source Software Guideline has been published on OSOR.eu.