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Open source living on VC time
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| The price on the deal, $362 million plus the assumption of debt, is curiously
| close to what another Java framework outfit, JBOSS, fetched over three years
| ago.
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| This may also make VMWare a more powerful adversary against Red Hat, although
| I had thought they were competing with Citrixâ Xensource. Silly me.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4631
Peter Fenton Has That Magic Open-Source Touch
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| Rather than âexpensive sales efforts and negotiations with the upper
| management to get the most money possible,â the people that will be using the
| software can easily download and try the product. This helps the best
| products proliferate and weeds out the underperformers.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/08/11/peter-fenton-has-that-magic-open-source-touch/
Google gives $300K to OSU Open Source Lab
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| In yet another show of support for open source projects, Google has made
| another $300,000 gift to the Oregon State University Open Source Lab,
| increasing its cumulative support of academiaâs premiere open source
| development and hosting operation to more than $1 million. The new funds will
| support OSL efforts to provide hosting services used by many of today's most
| recognized open source projects and communities.
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http://www.kval.com/news/tech/52969777.html
Related:
Performance Technologies Joins Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) Carrier
Grade Linux Working Group
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| Performance Technologies, a leading developer of communication platforms
| and systems and Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global consortium
| dedicated to accelerating the adoption of Linux(R) and open source
| software, today announced that Performance Technologies has joined OSDL
| and will participate in the Lab's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) Working Group
| to advance support for the telecom and networking markets.
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-11-2006/0004449489&EDATE=
http://tinyurl.com/gadea
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