Markus Rex returns to Novell’s Linux business unit. Red Hat’s second largest shareholder cuts its stake. The CEOs of Novell, Sonatype, Digium and Kaltura go on the record. Shaun Connolly joins SpringSource. And more.

Official announcements
Novell Announces Executive Appointments to Focus on Cross-Platform Solution Strategy and Growing Linux Business Novell

Palamida Finds Security Tops List of Concerns Inhibiting Broader Open Source Adoption Palamida

GigaSpaces Announces Extreme Scalability for MySQL Enterprise Customers GigaSpaces

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Sun updates MySQL Enterprise. The Microsoft/Novell deal is two years old. Nuxeo and Boxee get funding. Red Hat’s CEO on open source in a downturn. Steve Ballmer as a glove puppet. And more.

Press releases
Sun Enhances MySQL Enterprise With New Query Analyzer Tool to Boost Database Application Performance Sun Microsystems

Microsoft and Novell Mark Two Years of Interoperability Progress Microsoft

Nuxeo secures 2 million Euros and strengthens its board of directors and corporate governance Nuxeo

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Microsoft and Novell extend collaboration to China. IDC sees open source growing in importance with end users. rPath to use SUSE Linux for appliances. (and more)

Microsoft and Novell Extend Reach of Interoperability Collaboration to China, Microsoft / Novell (Press Release)

Open Source Software Grows in Importance to End-User Organizations Providing Rising Services Opportunity for Quality Assurance and Testing, IDC Survey Reveals, IDC (Press Release)

rPath to OEM SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell for Appliances, rPath (Press …

This was an honor, but I must decline. We already have such an "ambassador." Thank you, Miguel.

14:15 <@miguel2> What is MaxDB?
14:15 <@tjfontaine> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaxDB
14:16 < cj> miguel2: it was written in pascal in the mid 70s.  it's a
            pre-relational database with all sorts of features [added] on
14:16 <@miguel2> Wait, is that a different DB?
14:16 < cj> miguel2: yep
14:16 <@miguel2> So its not MySQL?
14:16 < cj> miguel2: nope
14:16 <@miguel2> That is crazy talk
14:16 <@miguel2> crazy
14:17 <@miguel2> I dontbelieve you
14:17 < cj> miguel2: heh, okay.  MySQL doesn't have *any* pascal code
in the
            kernel, afaik
14:19 <@miguel2> Who uses that?
14:19 <@miguel2> So why dont they pay you to hack on Mono?
14:19 < cj> miguel2: that's something I'd like to know :)
14:19 <@miguel2> We need a firm MySQL commitment to Mono
14:19 …