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[News] Free Software-powered Clouds Continue Taking Over

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Will everything eventually go to the cloud?

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| I started to wonder whether everything really will go to the cloud and all of 
| our open-source musing will go away, as software becomes consumed versus 
| installed.  
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13846_3-9977891-62.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Cloud Computing's Undirty Non-Secret

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| This isn't a “dirty little secret”, it's the fundamental reason why cloud 
| computing works – commoditisation of computing power is only possible if the 
| underlying elements are commoditised - free, in other words. It's yet another 
| reason why open source will become the norm for all computing infrastructure, 
| at every level.    
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=966


Days ago:

Parascale [using GNU/Linux] Picks Up $11M for Cloud Storage

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| Software startup Parascale has  grabbed $11.37 million in Series A funding to
| as it prepares to leap into cloud storage.
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http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=157232&WT.svl=news2_1


Recent:

Lost in the Clouds

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| Just as the open source LAMP stack created the current wave of Web 2.0
| companies, so free software will run the magic machinery keeping clouds
| aloft.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/04/lost-in-clouds.html


Down To Business: As IBM Reaches For Cloud, Where Next Microsoft?

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| IBM's alignment with Google around Linux and Internet standards should have
| its longtime rival sweating sans Yahoo.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/services/data/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207601200


Feeling the heat at Microsoft

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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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