Research: Open source M&A Comes of Age
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| Year Deal volume Significant deals
| 2007 30 Yahoo-Zimbra, Sourcefire-ClamAV, Citrix-XenSource, Red
| Hat-MetaMatrix
| 2006 22 Red Hat-JBoss, Oracle-Sleepycat
| 2005 15 Ingres carve-out, Oracle-Innobase, IBM-Gluecode
| 2004 3 Red Hat-Netscape Enterprise Business
| 2003 6 Novell-SUSE, Red Hat-Sistina
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http://linux.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/research-open-source-ma-comes-of-age/
Hyde says 'so long' to SAP
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| Alan Hyde, has resigned his role as CEO and managing director of SAP
| Australia and New Zealand.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16218/1057/
Related:
MySQL AB to Optimize Its Open Source Database for SAP NetWeaver
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| MySQL AB has announced its plans to optimize the MySQL Enterprise Server for
| the SAP NetWeaver platform. MySQL and SAP AG also announced that the sales
| and support of the MaxDB database will revert back to SAP, in order to unify
| the product's development, distribution, and support under one organization.
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http://sap.sys-con.com/read/438677_p.htm
SAP Contributes New Tool to Open Source Eclipse Developer Community
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| As part of its commitment to support the open-source developer community, SAP
| AG today announced that for the first time it will contribute software
| development capabilities to the Eclipse community.
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http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/AQW04517102007-1.htm
The end of the proprietary database?
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| While Packer does not believe that proprietary databases are doomed, he does
| see the writing on the wall in emerging markets and that the increased use of
| open source will eventually surround proprietary databases in established
| markets. Unless the proprietary suppliers respond they risk losing business
| in the long-term.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/17/the-end-of-the-proprietary-database/
SAP Backs SUSE
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| SAP is recommending SUSE as its preferred Linux platform, the stuff of which
| stacks are made, and Novell is going start being the first line of defense
| for people running SAP applications on SUSE.
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http://www.sys-con.com/read/378047.htm
SAP certifies Netweaver for Red Hat Linux
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| SAP's certification helps ensure full interoperability of Red Hat systems
| with all modules of SAP Netweaver, said Red Hat.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/30/225867/sap-certifies-netweaver-for-red-hat-linux.htm
SAP Certifies Its Applications to Run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced
Platform
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| All features included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform,
| representing the ideal foundation for enterprise-critical server
| applications, fulfilled SAP's certification criteria.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070718/20070718005069.html?.v=1
The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives
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| Open source software has enabled large system integrators to increase
| their profits through cost savings and reach more customers due to
| flexible pricing. This has upset existing ecosystems and shuffled
| structural relationships, resulting in the emergence of firms
| providing consulting services to open source projects. This new
| breed of service firm in turn lives or dies by its ability to
| recruit and retain appropriate talent.
|
| For such talent, in particular for software developers, life has
| become more difficult and exciting at once. Developers face new
| career prospects and paths, since their formal position in an open
| source project, in addition to their experience and capabilities,
| determines their value to an employer. Economically rational
| developers strive to become committers to high-profile open source
| projects to further their careers, which in turn generates more
| recognition, independence, and job security.
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http://www.riehle.org/computer-science/research/2007/computer-2007-article.html
[Open source-hating] Executive departs software maker SAP
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| Business software maker SAP AG said Wednesday top executive Shai Agassi,
| once considered a potential successor to Chief Executive Henning Kagermann,
| would leave the firm to pursue interests in alternative energy and
| environmental policy.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070328/ap_on_bi_ge/germany_sap
'Boring' SAP Dismisses Open Source Threat
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| Several factors will help protect SAP's ERP market share from open
| source, Kagermann said.
|
| He believes the boredom factor will be one of them, suggesting that
| open source developers like to work on "fun" projects, adding
| improvements that they can boast about.
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http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=957082A8%2DB43F%2D44B8%2DA0CC%2D29CFA8CF468F
SAP misses targets, gives hazy outlook
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| The German software group, which shocked investors by announcing
| earlier this month that it had missed its 2006 license sales target,
| said it would no longer forecast license revenues due to changing
| sales models.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6152809.html
SAP takes a tumble
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| SAP shares fell sharply after the software company admitted it had
| missed sales targets for 2006. Its shares on the New York Stock
| Exchange ended the day down ten per cent.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/12/sap_misses_street/
SAP is keeping a close eye on open source
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| "SAP must be prepared for the next big technology, and that
| could be open-source software," Jollans said. "IT is changing
| very fast. Big players like SAP can be beaten by companies with
| new ideas. SAP knows this."
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http://open.itworld.com/4915/061108sapopen/page_1.html
SAP Co-Founder Assists Open Source Start-ups
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| SAP AG co-founder Hasso Plattner is using some of his considerable
| wealth to help open source start-ups get in front of venture
| capitalists in order to raise funding for their new business ideas.
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/01112006/221/sap-co-founder-assists-open-source-start-ups.html
SAP Cofounder Backs New Open Source Forum
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| Hasso Plattner, the billionaire cofounder of business software maker SAP,
| has teamed with IBM and Deutsche Telekom to host a forum aimed at giving
| open-source software entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their business
| ideas to venture capitalists and other IT experts.
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http://www.cio.com/blog_view.html?CID=26091
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