Google talks up Android: open ecosystems lead to innovation
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| Love also talked about some of the underlying technologies that are used in
| the Android operating system. Android uses the Linux kernel, but includes its
| own custom graphics and windowing system instead of X11. Linux was chosen for
| Android, he said, because it has a proven driver model, supports numerous
| architectures, and has been proven to be sufficiently robust and secure for
| adoption in embedded contexts.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080415-google-talks-up-android-open-ecosystems-lead-to-innovation.html
Battle of developer ecosystems heads for the cloud
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| Open source comes to platform-as-a-service
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| Coghead's development service and gallery are specifically aimed at small
| businesses, both developers and customers. It is aiming to recruit
| value-added resellers or independent consultants with 2 to 20 people,
| according to company CEO Paul McNamara.
|
| With a hosted development environment, they can write a Web application and
| get into the software-as-a-service business, he said.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9916413-7.html
Nothing about the desktop/native applications.
Related:
Is Red Hat's New Development Environment Destined for an Amazon or IBM Cloud?
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| So who will be the one to move their tools environment to the Amazon cloud
| first? Perhaps Amazon will offer several tools options, such as one for web
| apps and mashups, and another (or two) for Java development? You know you
| want to, Jeff.
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/56865-is-red-hat-s-new-development-environment-destined-for-an-amazon-or-ibm-cloud?source=yahoo
Aiming for the Clouds: The Red Hat Q&A
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| Q: To get back to the original question, what is your assessment of the
| potential impact?
|
| A: It’s early, but November’s news was a good indication that innovation
| amongst economic models and deployment scenarios is still possible. Not to
| dismiss the importance of some of the new features of RHEL 5.1, but over the
| longer term I think AOS and the Cloud offering are far more important than
| mere bells and whistles, because they make Red Hat a competitor in markets
| where its penetration is currently low. Even if it’s success in those areas,
| then, is minimal, the news remains very significant.
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http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/11/19/redhat_cloud/
Will the biggest clouds stay open source?
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| Everyone wants to become Google these days. In a way.
|
| Google runs Linux.
|
| A lot of enterprises, from banking to health care, are now looking to deploy
| gigantic Internet-facing applications to customer sets numbering in the tens
| of millions. (Government, too.)
|
| The biggest and best IT system suppliers are gearing up for what they
| call “cloud” computing. IBM floated its offering today.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1684
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