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# Palm sued by Artifex over alleged GPL violation.
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[Read more]CodePlex, patents and Linux code. An interesting few days for Microsoft open source.
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CodePlex, CodePlex, CodePlex!
Microsoft launched the CodePlex Foundation to facilitate
open source contributions, and confirmed the departure of Sam Ramji.
Patents, Patents, Patents!
The OIN confirmed the acquisition of 22 patents formerly
owned by …
Open source and SMBs. New funding for Lucid Imagination. And more.
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On open source and SMBs
Savio Rodrigues contrasted Dell’s plans to target SMBs with
bundles of hardware and open source with research from Forrester
that indicated that SMBs are still wary of open source, while
Matt Asay noted
that there are significant opportunities for open source vendors
if they can work out how to crack the SMB market and suggested
that the way to make software easier for SMBs and to monetize it
might actually be cloud-based computing.
OStatic noted that the issue may well be one of lack of awareness and that Dell’s initiative, as well as the …
[Read more]Spring forward. Freeloaders, leeches and hermits. Intel buys Wind River. And more.
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A Spring in its step
SpringSource boasted of rapid revenue growth while CEO Rod
Johnson claimed
that Red Hat’s Open Choice initiative is defensive response to
SpringSource, a suggestion that was denied by Rich Sharples.
Freeloaders, leeches and hermits
I already provided my views earlier this week on Infoworld’s
report about open source ‘leeches’ and corporate contributions.
The debate continued as Dave Rosenberg …