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451 CAOS Links 2011.09.30
Matthew Aslett, September 30, 2011 @ 12:15 pm ETMicrosoft’s Android revenue. Tizen formation. And more.
# As Microsoft announced its latest Android-related patent agreement with Samsun, Goldman Sachs estimated that the company will make $444m in revenue from Android patent deals for fiscal year 2012.
# LiMo Foundation and The Linux Foundation announced the formation of Tizen to develop a Linux-based device software platform.
# Karmasphere raised $6m in a series B round of funding, led by new investor Presidio Ventures.
# Citrix Systems announced the availability of XenServer 6.
# 10gen announced the general availability of MongoDB Monitoring Service, a free monitoring service for the MongoDB database.
# Percona announced the release of Percona Server version 5.5.15.
# Hortonworks became a Gold sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation.
# The developers behind PhoneGap have applied to contribute their open source mobile development framework to the Apache Software Foundation.
# Piston Cloud Computing is set to launch its PentOS enterprise operating system for the cloud and put OpenStack on a memory stick.
# The Free Software Foundation announced the re-launch of its Free Software Directory.
# Rhomobile announced availability of RhoConnect 3.0.
# Nokia is reportedly working on a new Linux-based operating system for mass market phones called Meltemi.
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