Novell’s Q1. The future of OpenSolaris. And more.

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# Novell reported Linux platform revenue of $37.5m in Q1, up 6.4%.

# Internet.com reported that Novell’s Linux business broke even as Microsoft deal revenues fade.

# As the H reported Oracle exec Dan Roberts confirmed that OpenSolaris has a future at Oracle.

# Citrix acquired Paglo, launched GoToManage service.

# StatusNet launched StatusNet Enterprise Network, a support program for corporate clients.

# Stephen O’Grady dismantled Gartner’s prediction about commercial open source revenue source.

# Researchers at the University of Oviedo estimated that the cost of replicating the Linux kernel at over €1bn.

# Dave Rosenborg reported on IBM’s use of Hadoop, Nutch and Pig to create BigSheets, a web-based analytics project.

# Dave Kellog published his thoughts on the NoSQL movement and open source. http://bit.ly/dhd7ol

# The Tech Teapot published an exploration of open core licensing in network management.

# SEP AG released the source code of its SEP sesam backup and recovery software under the GNU GPL.

# Zend announced the general availability of Zend Server 5.0.

# Computerworld reported that Twitter is migrating from MySQL to NoSQL, specifically Apache Cassandra.

# Talend signed an OEM agreement with BonitaSoft to integrate BonitaSoft’s BPM in its MDM Enterprise Edition product.

# Sourcefire and Immunet partnered to create a free, Windows-based version of ClamAV.

# Musings upon the open core functionality ceiling from Tech Teapot and Tarus Balog.

# Jeremy Allison argued that Sun’s need to control the code cost them the company.

# Nexenta Systems included ZFS-based in-line deduplication in NexentaStor 3.0.

# Alfresco is targeting Eastern Europe, Russia, and CIS via partnership with VDEL.

# Mark Callaghan compared MySQL and the various NoSQL databases.

# Sonatype reported that Intuit has moved its software development to Maven and Nexus Professional.

# CollabNet noted the promotion of Subversion from Apache Incubator to Top-Level Project (TLP) status.

# Matt Asay told Roberto Galoppini about his top priorities as COO of Canonical.

# Kolab Systems launched to provide support and services for the Kolab groupware project.

# Carlo Daffara published “How to analyse an OSS business model – part three.

# Olliance published part two of Miriam Tuerk’s interview with Brian Gentile, CEO of Jaspersoft.