Microsoft vs. Google

Ashlee Vance over at The Register wrote an article “Microsoft vs. Google – the open source shame” with a detailed description of the forum wars between Chris DiBona, Google’s Open Source manager, and Bill Hilf, Microsoft’s Open Source chief.
The topic of the debate, of course, is Microsoft’s latest move of submitting two licenses for approval […]

Open Source Links for 20-Aug-2007

Lowering the bar to open-source sales - Matt Asay, CNET
Q&A with Linus Torvalds - Swapnil Bhartiya, EFY News Network
A discussion regarding Microsoft submiting the MSPL to the OSI
Tighter budgets mean more Open Source - OpenSoureCommunity.org
ClamAV deal is new marker for open source merger market - Dana Blankenhorn, ZDNet

Citrix to buy XenSource for $500 million

Read the commentary by Matt Asay: Post 1 and Post 2
Update:
Citrix acquires XenSource - the 451 group, Raven Zachary
VMware to Face Citrix/XenSource Challenge - eWeek, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
XenSource CEO: Citrix will enhance relationship with and provide alternative to Microsoft - LinuxWorld, Deni Connor

What the XenSource acquisition says about Citrix - InfoWorld, Savio Rodrigues
Citrix Acquires […]

Larry Ellison in Israel

Larry Ellison made his first visit to Israel this week, so Oracle Israel and Globes organized an invitation only live appearance for the members of the Israeli business and IT market.
I was hoping to hear from him a little bit about Open Source issues. Most of the talk was about the history of Oracle and […]

Open Source Links for 06-Aug-2007

OSCON 2007 Presentations
The 7th Thailand Open Source Software Festival
LinuxWorld San Francisco Kicks Off Next Week

Non-Software Open Source Projects

I have been collecting a list of non-software Open Source projects as I encounter them (previous posts here and here).
I am very happy to see that this is catching on!
Glyn Moody wrote about a list that OpenTTT are keeping.
Makezine published “The Open Source Gift Guide” which is a list of primarily non-software Open Source gifts.
Guy

Open Source [the] Business Results

Thoughts about the process of starting a new company / product:
I read some articles about why you should choose Open Source (or not), when deciding on how to develop your next winning software solution. You can also find information covering different business strategies to follow in order to succeed in the Open Source industry (No […]

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 Prosthetics

I wrote a while back about a list of non-software Open Source products that I am maintaining.
Most of the projects on the list so far were fun (i.e. Open Cola, Beer, etc.), some were important (i.e. Education, Journalism, Science, etc.), but today I added a project that stands out from the rest and deserves a […]

Open Source Links for 23-Jul-2007

Open Source and the “Xen” of Xen - Do not miss the comments
Packt Publishing Launched the Open Source CMS Award
The Open Source Web Design Toolbox: 100 Web Design Template Sources, Tools and Resources

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