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Raven Zachary

Research Director, Open Source, The 451 Group

Raven covers open source technology for The 451 Group. This includes coverage of both industry and community issues, as well as the Commercial Adoption of Open Source (CAOS) Research Service.

For more information see Raven Zachary's bio.

Recent posts by Raven Zachary:

  • May 14, 2008: CAOS Theory Podcast
    The 451 Group's Commercial Adoption of Open Source (CAOS) Research Service now has a podcast (iTunes or RSS feed). A month ...
  • May 13, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.05.13
    Novell to repuchase stock. Red Hat releases new version of Fedora. Untangle launches remote management service. (and more) Novell Announces Share ...
  • May 9, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.05.09
    Sun advances GlassFish. Red Hat announces JBoss momentum. Mandriva releases Linux update. (and more) Sun Microsystems Announces Technology Preview of Open ...
  • May 6, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.05.06
    Black Duck acquires Koders. Univa UD obtains new round of funding. Sun and others announce quarterly results. (and more) Black Duck ...
  • April 25, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.04.25
    Red Hat changes executive roles. Concurrent announces quarterly results. SnapLogic launches product update. (and more) Red Hat Announces Improvements in Organizational ...
  • April 22, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.04.22
    Microsoft and Novell extend collaboration to China. IDC sees open source growing in importance with end users. rPath to use ...
  • April 18, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.04.18
    Standish Group says open source costs vendors $60 billion. OpenLogic launches Open Source Census. Novell annnounces SUSE Appliance program. (and ...
  • April 15, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.04.15
    Marketcetera obtains funding. Microsoft posts additional protocol docs. Sun announces MySQL 5.1. (and more) Marketcetera Closes $4 Million Series A Financing ...
  • April 7, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.04.07
    EnterpriseDB and SpikeSource obtain new rounds of funding. Microsoft's Open XML document format wins approval. Linux Foundation releases report on ...
  • March 25, 2008: The 451 Group @ OSBC 2008
    Matthew Aslett and I are in San Francisco for the next few days at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC). ...
  • March 19, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.03.19
    SFLC settles GPL lawsuit with Verizon. Novell anounces plans for SUSE 11. Sun launches open source initiative for SMB market. ...
  • March 14, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.03.14
    Red Hat acquires Amentra. OSI approves AGPL. SFLC releases analysis of Microsoft's Open Specification Promise. (and more) Red Hat Builds on ...
  • March 11, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.03.11
    Microsoft makes additional interoperability announcements. Laszlo obtains new funding. SFLC settles another GPL lawsuit. (and more) Microsoft Launches Document Interoperability Initiative, ...
  • March 4, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.03.04
    SCO files reorg plan with bankruptcy court. Acquia unveils Drupal commercialization plans. Microsoft expands support for web standards. (and more) The ...
  • February 28, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.02.28
    EU fines Microsoft $1.3bn. Sourcefire CEO steps down. FSF launches project to end software patents. (and more) Novell Reports Financial Results ...
  • February 26, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.02.26
    Sun completes acquisition of MySQL. Adobe launches open source site, new version of Flex. Bluenog obtains $4m in new funding. ...
  • February 25, 2008: The Pulse of Open Source
    I started posting to Twitter just over a year ago after many close friends spent concerted effort trying to convince ...
  • February 21, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.02.21
    Microsoft expands interoperability. Pentaho obtains $12m in new funding. IONA looks for suitor. (and more) Microsoft Makes Strategic Changes in Technology ...
  • February 19, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.02.19
    Mozilla Messaging launches. MontaVista gets a new CEO. Linux Foundation releases updated Linux Standard Base. Mozilla Messaging Starts Up Operations, Mozilla ...
  • February 14, 2008: 451 CAOS Links - 2008.02.14
    Novell acquires SiteScape. SGI acquires Linux Networx assets. SCO obtains $100m in financing. (and more) Novell Delivers Open Collaboration with SiteScape ...

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