EU pumps €10m into open source privacy management
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| The European Union is contributing €10m (£7.9m) in sponsorship to a project
| called PrimeLife, which aims to develop open source tools for personal
| privacy management and protection, and get the community at large to adopt
| them.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/open-source-business/news/index.cfm?newsid=8225
Red Hat, First Open Source Vendor to $1 Billion?
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| To date, Red Hat has been one of the most financially successful Open Source
| vendors on Earth. The goal now though is to grow even more to hit a new
| financial milestone - $1 billion in revenue.
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http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3737136/Red+Hat+First+Open+Source+Vendor+to+1+Billion.htm
Yesterday:
Red Hat cheerleading purges Q4 profits
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| For the full year, total revenue increased 31 per cent to $523m compared with
| fiscal 2007. Subscription revenue rose 32 per cent from the previous year to
| $449.8m.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/27/red_hat_q4_2008_earnings/
Recent:
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. 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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