MapR and Funambol raise funding. VMware virtually supports PostgreSQL. And more.

Jive Software files for IPO. VMware adds Python and PHP to Cloud Foundry. And more.

Engine Yard acquires Orchestra. Red Hat considers NoSQL move. And more.

InternetNews.com yesterday published an article based on an interview with Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst asking the question “Is Red Hat Interested in the Database Market?” In truth there was no real need to ask the question, as Whitehurst’s comments made it pretty clear that Red Hat is interested in the database market, and specifically [...]

In writing recently about the continuation (451 subscribers) of the Microsoft-SUSE Windows-Linux interoperability and patent agreement, it occurred to me that in a sense, Microsoft is the broadest supporter of Linux in the industry. Microsoft obviously supports SUSE Linux quite deeply given nearly five years of work with its commercial backer. Microsoft somewhat begrudgingly entered [...]

New funding for OpenLogic. Ubuntu adopts Cloud Foundry. And more.

Google says Hello Moto. A GPL violation that hasn’t actually occurred. And more.

Couchbase raises $14m. AppFog raises $8m. Much ado about Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo. And more.

We’ve written about how a bad economy is indeed good for open source software. We’ve also recognized that with open source software’s maturity and place at the enterprise software table, a bad economy can be a double-edged sword for open source since the failure or fade of large enterprise customers, say big banks, hurts open [...]

Opscode appoints a new CEO. SugarCRM gains a new CFO. And more.

Recent conversations at OSCON, which I’ve attended since 2004, as well as observations through talks with vendors, users and developers in open source all indicate a common theme: With commercial successes for open source software come some community growing pains. This was also illustrated to some extent by the attendance, content and vibe at this [...]

Topics for this podcast: *Our latest special report, ‘Going Open, Going Closed’ *OpenStack marks one year with commercial success, community concerns *Couchbase previews fruit of integration, unstructured query language *OSCON and where we are in enterprise open source *Vendor-led community projects discussed iTunes or direct download (35:25, 6.1MB)

Google and Microsoft trade patent claims. Actuate announces Q2 results. And more.

Talend announces rapid growth. Jaspersoft hires community development director. And more.

Brian Proffitt asked an interesting question last week with regards to the OpenStack project: ‘can a commercial vendor lead a project as openly as a foundation?’ It’s an interesting question, and one that is particularly prescient given the observed re-balancing of control and community. In fact. we’ve previously cited OpenStack as an example of this [...]