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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