Novell sold to Attachmate. Barnes & Noble throws the book at Microsoft. And more.
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# Novell closed its acquisition by Attachmate and its patent sale to CPTN.
# Attachmate’s CEO discussed the company’s plans for SUSE Linux.
# Barnes & Noble …
[Read more]WordPress Foundation formed. Reaction to Oracle-Sun approval. And more.
WordPress Foundation formed
# Matt Mullenwag launched the WordPress Foundation.
Reaction to Oracle-Sun’s EC approval
# In a memo Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz encouraged the company’s employees to
emotionally resign from Sun.
# EnterpriseDB and PostgreSQL co-founder Bruce Momjian issued a statement on the EC’s decision to approve Oracle-Sun.
# Mike Hogan …
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# Novell reshuffled its Linux business into Security, Management and Operating Platforms business unit.
# HP partnered with Red Hat, Novell and Microsoft to target Sun migrations.
# The US DoJ …
[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 …
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