Kuali develops open source financial and ERP applications for universities
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| "Going back 25 years or more, each of us built our own [enterprise systems],"
| Foutty says. "[Universities] duplicated effort like crazy. Then about 10 to
| 12 years ago there was a real shift in direction and we started buying
| systems from Oracle, Datatel, Banner, etc. We realized that was extremely
| costly, but back then the open source community wasn't robust enough. Now,
| open source has really evolved to the level where we say, we could do this
| for our enterprise systems. There's no reason anymore why we can't run this
| in a community source environment. It's time."
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http://www.linux.com/feature/132702w
VCs Pour On Investments For Open-Source Leaders
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| The 451 Group says open-source VC investments totaled $204 million in the
| first quarter, more than double the year-earlier figure and above the
| previous record haul of $194 million, set in the fourth quarter of 2006.
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| But companies getting first-round or initial funding garnered a mere $9
| million, less than 5% of the total and a record low, says the research firm.
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http://www.investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=17&artnum=1&issue=20080424
Recent:
Sun: Economic slowdown favors open source
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| Speaking to ZDNetAsia in an exclusive interview, he said the economic
| slowdown in the United States will favor open source companies. "During an
| economic slowdown, not everything slows down [and] IT projects will continue
| to be undertaken. But IT budgets will be reduced," he said, noting that
| companies will then turn to lower cost software options such as open source.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62038598,00.htm
VC funding for open source hits an all-time high
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| Incidentally, total funding to date stands at $2.64bn.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/04/01/vc-funding-for-open-source-hits-an-all-time-high/
Open-source venture investing hits an all-time high
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| Just when you thought venture interest in open source was quieting down,
| along comes the biggest quarter in open source's (still young) history:
| $203.75 million raised, as reported by The 451 Group. This trumped the
| previous record of $193.6 million from Q4 2006.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9907679-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
Economic downturn = Financial upturn for GroundWork and open source
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| It's a great time to be in open source. When I see people straining to sell
| and buy homes, I can smell the recession. But when I go to work selling
| open-source solutions, I can taste prosperity. A downturn separates the wheat
| from the chaff. Here's hoping for even more open-source "wheat."
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9900837-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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