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451 CAOS Links 2010.05.11
Matthew Aslett, May 11, 2010 @ 12:50 pm ETLinagora explores Mandriva acquisition. OpenOffice.org extensions. And more.
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# Following reports that Mandriva is up for sale, Linagora confirmed that it is investigating an acquisition of the assets of the Linux distributor.
# The OpenOffice.org Community Council responded to the FSF’s free software extension listing.
# New Relic delivered a version of its performance management software for Apache Solr.
# Dries Buytaert compared the business models and commercial ecosystems of Joomla and Drupal.
# Tibco introduced Business Studio, a business process development tool, based on Eclipse.
# “Microsoft’s Got Nothin’” An analysis of the company’s patent strategy against Linux and OSS.
# Matt Asay explained why fragmenting Linux is not the way to beat Apple.
# Has Motorola acquired Azingo?
# Simon Phipps is joining ForgeRock as chief strategy officer.
# Federal Computer Week reported on how open source is NASA’s next frontier.
# Two UC Berkeley professors have proposed the Defensive Patent License to protect OSS from patent threats.
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