451 CAOS Links 2011.06.07

Apache OpenOffice proposal fall-out. eBay acquires Magento. And more.

Apache OpenOffice proposal fall-out
# SUSE confirmed that it will continue to invest in LibreOffice and The Document Foundation.

# The Document Foundation published its recommendation to Oracle that it transfer OpenOffice.org to TDF.

# OStatic asked ‘is Oracle holding back OpenOffice files from Apache?’

# Dave Neary assessed the meaning of OpenOffice.org going to Apache.

Best of the rest
# eBay agreed to acquire Magento.

# The Open Invention Network acquired the underlying intellectual property of WebMate Foundation, a server-side scripting software.

# Mark Shuttleworth published a long and interesting essay on balancing economic power in the FLOSS ecosystem.

# Sam Ramji asked ‘do open source projects need foundations?’

# CloudBees announced a for-pay offering for its RUN@cloud Java Platform as a Service.

# Digium introduced Switchvox 5.0, adding fixed mobile convergence to its voice over IP (unified communications offering.

# Red Hat published an overview of its cloud architecture.

# Acquia partnered with Engine Yard to offer cloud services for fully managed Drupal and Ruby on Rails applications.

# ISYS Technologies filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that it is violating with the trademark for its ChromiumPC.

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