Red Hat invests in EnterpriseDB. The White House goes open source. And more.
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# EnterpriseDB confirmed Red Hat investment, partnership.
# Whitehouse.gov migrated to Drupal, as well as …
[Read more]Funding for Engine Yard and DataSync. Red Hat and Microsoft joint support. And more.
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# Engine Yard raised $19m in Series C funding from the likes of Benchmark, DAG, Presidio and Amazon.
# Red Hat and Microsoft are now providing joint support for virtualization interoperability options.
# DataSync raised $1.2m and announced a partnership with SugarCRM.
# Simon Phipps began building a scorecard to …
[Read more]Oracle is keeping MySQL. Yahoo is selling Zimbra. Linus is feeling bloated. And more.
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# Larry Ellison reportedly said Oracle has no intention of spinning off MySQL.
# Yahoo is trying to sell Zimbra, according to All Things D.
# Linus Torvalds said Linux is “bloated and huge”.
# GroundWork Open Source released GroundWork Monitor 6.0.
# Zend launched Simple API for Cloud Application …
[Read more]Intalio acquires Jetty. Red Hat updates JBoss platform. $12m funding for Medsphere. And more.
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# Intalio acquired Webtide, developer of Jetty application server.
# Red Hat delivered JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0, as well as JBoss Operations Network (ON) 2.3 and launched Catalyst partner program.
# Medsphere raised $12m to support ongoing development and expansion in open source health IT.
…[Read more]Intuit launches open source project. SFLC on Microsoft GPL violation accusations.
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# Intuit launched open source projects and community to develop apps based on its Intuit Partner Platform, while Savio Rodrigues declared Intuit’s open source play is all business.
# SFLC’s Bradley Kuhn told SDTimes Microsoft was in violation of the GPL.
# MySQL and Memcached-based appliance vendor Schooner Info Tech has raised $20m in Series B funding.
# …
[Read more]IBM picks Ubuntu for virtual desktop. Nokia acquires Symbian and prepares for open source. SourceForge gets a new CEO. Microsoft finds some old TCO numbers down the back of the couch. And more.
Official announcements
IBM and Business Partners Introduce a Linux-Based,
Virtual Desktop IBM
Novell Reports Financial Results for Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2008 Novell
SourceForge Appoints Scott L. Kauffman President and Chief Executive Officer SourceForge
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[Read more]MySQL 5.1 reaches GA. But is it ready for production deployments? SpringSource launches commercial version of Apache Tomcat. BusinessWeek focuses on open source business models and open source in the downturn. And more.
Official announcements
MySQL 5.1 Downloads — Generally Available (GA) release
for production use Sun Microsystems
SpringSource Launches tc Server; Continues to Redefine Application Server Market SpringSource
Open Solutions Alliance Appoints New President, Announces New Leadership Team Open Solutions Alliance
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[Read more]Sun and Sourcefire report Q3 results. SpringSource elected to JCP executive committee. Alfresco launches Enterprise 3.0. How to go from 0 to 700 customers in one year. Open sourcing Jonathan Schwartz’s ponytail. And more.
Press releases
Sun Microsystems Reports Final Results for the
First Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Sun Microsystems
Sourcefire Announces 2008 Third Quarter Results Sourcefire
Sourcefire Adopts Stockholder Rights Plan Sourcefire
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[Read more]Kickfire and 10gen obtain new rounds of funding. BusyBox developers drop lawsuit against Supermicro. OpenLogic and EnterpriseDB release open source survey findings. (and more)
Kickfire Raises $20 Million in Series B Financing, Kickfire (Press Release)
10gen, New Cloud Computing Firm, Closes $1.5m Series A, 10gen (Press Release)
BusyBox Developers and Supermicro Agree to End GPL Lawsuit, Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) (Press Release)
OpenLogic Releases Survey on Enterprise Open Source …
[Read more]Progress acquires IONA. Red Hat announces quarterly earnings. Optaros raises new round of funding. (and more)
Progress Software Corporation to Acquire IONA Technologies, Progess Software / IONA Technologies (Press Release)
Red Hat Reports First Quarter Results, Red Hat (Press Release)
Optaros Closes $12 Million in Series C Financing Co-Led by .406 Ventures & Globespan Capital Partners, Optaros (Press Release)
Sourcefire, Inc. Responds to Barracuda Networks …
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