Open Source Links for 30-Jul-2007

SugarCRM Goes GPLv3! - From Groklaw (You can find the PR here).
Open Source Ecosystems - Commentary by Roberto Galoppini.
Why Microsoft Should buy Red Hat - by Savio Rodrigues.
HP to buy Linux thin client desktop company (Neoware).
A Linux flavored OpenSolaris and Project Indiana - Alex Fletcher on Sun Microsystems’ Project Indiana.
Skype violates open source license - […]

Open Source Advertising Marketplace

It happened again… This time The Lounge did it. Well, at least this time my idea is a little broader, so I can still suggest some things.
I was thinking of creating a marketplace for Open Source advertising. This would be similar to current online advertising websites and affiliate websites, with a twist.
My vision for […]

Using a Virtual Appliance for Customer Penetration

Companies, communities and developers who choose to develop Open Source software, enjoy a relatively easy path to penetrating new customers (minus the FUD).
Inquiring new customers, need only to download the software, fiddle with it, and only then make up their mind regarding future implementation, possibly purchasing a support contract (depending on the business model) and […]

Open Source Acceptance - Starting Early

Many software vendors know the value getting users to start using their software early in their life / career. Companies usually attempt to achieve this by creating a special (read “discount”) license for educational purposes.
As an example, in Israel, since the IDF (army) has a large role in the software industry (such as spin offs […]

The Rise of Open Source Licensing (Book review)

Mikko Välimäki(Ph.D, LL.M) wrote a book published in 2005 “The Rise of Open Source Licensing: A Challenge to the Use of Intellectual Property in the Software Industry” (Full text available at Google Books).
The book contains information regarding the evolution of licensing models, software economic principals, intellectual property, open source licenses, infringement risk management and […]

Top 5 Open Source Business Models

The title will sound familiar to many (as I have seen many posts with a similar topic), this time Matt Hartley wrote on the subject from a different angle.
Matt’s Top 5 Open Source Business Models You Never Heard Of, is aimed more at the single developer, small group type of operations, rather than the next […]

HP, IBM, BMC and CA - Vulnerable to Open Source Management Solutions

Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) interviewed Nora Denzel, a former senior vice president and general manager of the software unit at Hewlett Packard (HP), about Open Source management software.
Denzel, currently on the advisory board or board of directors of four companies, including open-source management software company GroundWork, explains her view on the roadmap for management software […]

Ruby on Rails - With Oracle

Obie Fernandez wrote a nice tutorial on Connecting to Oracle with Ruby on Rails

Sun Releases Cluster to the Open Source Community

Sun Microsystems announced it will release the Solaris Cluster source code through the HA community on the OpenSolaris site.
You can find the community here.

Untangle to go Open Source

Security firm Untangle has decided to release their software under GPLv2.
Untangle’s platform for blocking spam, spyware, viruses, adware and more is based on a variety of existing Open Source Solutions (Such as SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Snort, OpenVPN, etc.) which they have integrated and added on features.
Untagle provides both a free (as in beer) Open Source edition […]

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