EnterpriseDB ramps up focus on Europe
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| EnterpriseDB, a contributor to the open source version of
| PostgreSQL, launched its commercial version in Europe in
| January, which it said would save customers 80 per cent
| over the cost of an Oracle database.
|
| [...]
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| He said some of EnterpriseDB's modifications to Postgres did
| make it back into the open source version, but could not
| provide details of the firm's pipeline back into the
| community from which it emerged.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/22/enterprisedb_partners/
Red Hat chief tells start ups to grow, not cash out
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| Red Hat chief executive Matthew Szulik today told startups to forget
| the "romance" of open source and build businesses that compete
| with proprietary vendors on services and value.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/22/red_hat_services/
How Red Hat is Monetizing JBoss
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| The big question is whether JBoss' existing customers--the 97
| percent that aren't used to paying for anything--will go along
| with Red Hat's monetization efforts.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070522/36270_id.html?.v=1
Open Source may be cheap - but we still want support
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| Company architect Daniel Cahoon said using Alfresco rather
| than EMC's Documentum meant H&R Block had paid one tenth of
| its regular software licensing. Alfresco charges $10,000 per
| socket for an unlimited number of users.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/22/enterprise_open_source/
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