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Sun and Canonical to bring Ubuntu 8.04 to x86 Servers — Apr. 03, 2008 — Sun was the first major company to give Ubuntu a shot at making the big server show in May 2006. Then, the deal was all about putting Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support) on the UltraSPARC T1 processor on Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 servers. ...

VC money pours into open-source businesses — Apr. 03, 2008 — Opinion -- Don't ask me to explain it, but venture capital money is pouring into open-source businesses. ...

LPI to offer security training with LPIC-3 certification — Apr. 01, 2008 — There are Linux certifications, such as the RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer). There are security certifications, like the CCSP (Cisco Certified Security Professional). Now we have the first certification that combines Linux and security: the Linux Professional Institute's LPIC-3 with its new "Security" exam elective. ...

Q: Who Really Creates Linux? A: The Enterprise — Apr. 01, 2008 — Some people are still under the delusion that Linux is written by unwashed hackers living in their parents' basements whose only social life is playing D&D and having flame wars over IRC (Internet Relay Chat) about whether vi or EMACS better and debating Picard versus Kirk. Nothing, nothing could be ...

MuleSource builds on service bus success — Apr. 01, 2008 — MuleSource is about to celebrate another milestone with its second annual MuleCon conference for users and developers of the Mule Enterprise Service Bus. ...

Is Microsoft really any more trustworthy? — Mar. 31, 2008 — Lately, Microsoft has been trying really, really hard to appear as open source's best friend. All I can say is: "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" ...

Opening up the open-source list — Mar. 31, 2008 — Opinion -- I put out a list of open-source business influencers recently, knowing full well that it would cause some controversy. Few lists can be all-encompassing, and somebody is bound to feel slighted. ...

Adobe AIRs out Linux, joins foundation — Mar. 31, 2008 — Adobe Systems is making two strongly pro-Linux moves by releasing an alpha version of the Adobe Integrated Runtime for Linux and announcing its membership in the Linux Foundation. ...

And the top 15 open-source influencers are ... — Mar. 28, 2008 — Blog: Over at our sister publication, eWEEK, we've just put up a new slide show: 15 Open-Source Business Influencers. It hasn't been up for more than a few hours and I've already gotten some questions about our choices. ...

Expert claims legacy Java development is dead — Mar. 28, 2008 — LAS VEGAS--The legacy style of enterprise Java application development has given way to a new world of frameworks and modular componentry, according to an expert. ...

Red Hat posts great 2008 fiscal year earnings — Mar. 28, 2008 — Anyone under the delusion that you can't make money from open source and Linux should have been on Red Hat's 2008 fiscal year earnings call on March 27. ...

Terracotta builds Java clusters — Mar. 28, 2008 — LAS VEGAS – Ari Zilka, co-founder and chief technology officer at Terracotta, a Java clustering solution provider, says the company is poised for growth in an era where clusters, grids and cloud computing are becoming commonplace. ...

Report: Subscriptions to surge for open-source licensing — Mar. 28, 2008 — Open source has it all over traditional software when it comes to cost, flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in. ...

Panel: Weakening economy good for open source — Mar. 27, 2008 — SAN FRANCISCO—Experience has shown a weakening U.S. economy would be good for open source, as a shortage of cash is usually a major catalyst for innovation, particularly around open-source applications, Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu Linux, said at the annual Open Source Business Conference here March 25. ...

SFLC announces a for-profit, open-source law firm — Mar. 27, 2008 — If you were an open-source, non-profit developer and you needed legal help, you went to the Software Freedom Law Center. ...

Red Hat: More Customer involvement with community needed — Mar. 27, 2008 — SAN FRANCISCO—Red Hat hasn't done a good enough job of promoting its position as the leading Linux vendor, and also needs to do a better job of getting its customers involved with the community, ...

OSBC panel looks at the future of the OS — Mar. 27, 2008 — The future of the operating system took center stage at the Open Source Business Conference here March 25, as a panel of vendor representatives debated the topic. ...

What can open source learn from Microsoft? — Mar. 27, 2008 — SAN FRANCISCO—So, what exactly can the open-source community learn from Microsoft and the proprietary world? ...

Linux gains new architecture support — Mar. 26, 2008 —

Dozens of network-attached storage (NAS) servers and other consumer appliances are about to gain mainline kernel and Debian GNU/Linux support. The 2.6.25 kernel, currently in the final stages of testing, will support Marvell's Feroceon micro-architecture and "Orion" SoCs, with Debian support close behind, sources say. ...

Firefox update zaps code execution bugs — Mar. 26, 2008 — Mozilla is shipping a "critical" Firefox update to provide patches for at least 11 security vulnerabilities affecting the open-source browser. ...

Microsoft lawyer is grilled by community — Mar. 26, 2008 — SAN FRANCISCO--Microsoft's general counsel Brad Smith took the hot seat at the Open Source Development Conference here March 25, facing an hour of questioning from panelists and attendees. ...

Sun announces MySQL bundle — Mar. 26, 2008 — As Sun Microsystems prepares to close its acquisition of MySQL, the GlassFish and MySQL communities are announcing the availability of an optimized bundled release. ...

Yahoo, Tata team to empower Hadoop developers — Mar. 25, 2008 — Yahoo and Computational Research Laboratories, a subsidiary of India-based Tata Sons, are jointly supporting cloud computing research around the Apache Hadoop open-source distributed computing project. ...

The importance of being updated — Mar. 25, 2008 — Palamida, an open-source risk management company, believes in open source. ...

Linux gains native RTOS emulation layer — Mar. 21, 2008 — Newly available open source software could significantly increase Linux's utility in industrial computing applications. The Xenomai/SOLO project aims to provide VxWorks and other RTOS emulation in user-space on most any Linux kernel, and to deliver short, bounded application latency on kernels with built-in real-time capabilities. ...

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