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The Prince and the Golden Egg

The Prince and the Golden Egg
The January/February 2006 edition of Enterprise Open Source Journal has just been posted in an all-digital format (PDF and Flash versions) at www.eosj.com. Page 25 includes my article on open source project fundraising. I am posting the first paragraph of the article now, and will post the entire article when [...]


The Commercialization of Open Source

[NOTE: As a follow-on to my blog entry "100 Million and Counting...", the November/December issue of Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) has my article "The Commercialization of Open Source" (page 42). I am posting the article now as the new issue of the magazine has been released.]
The Commercialization of Open Source
by Raven Zachary
Several months ago, [...]


The Open Source Update #39

Compiled by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
RPATH OBTAINS $6.4 MILLION US FUNDING ROUND. rPath, an open source software ‘appliance’ company, obtains $6.4 MILLION US in its Series A investment round from North Bridge Venture Partners and General Catalyst Partners.
NEW SURVEY RESULTS EXPLORE OPEN SOURCE DEMAND. A recent survey [...]


Bar Camp Dallas

Photo by Alexander Muse
I just wrapped up a day at Bar Camp Dallas. The event was hosted at the Dallas InfoMart, and it was packed with interesting presentations, group discussions, networking, and food. I gave a talk on a Community Office Space initiative in Dallas I am trying to jumpstart, and another on “Project Ofo” [...]


The Open Source Update #38

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
FSF RELEASES DRAFT OF GPL3. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) releases the first draft of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 for public review and comment. The FSF intends to finalize the updated GPL no later than March 2007.
US [...]


Back Again…Soon

Happy New Year, everyone! The next Open Source Update will be out the week of January 16th and we will be moving back to a mid-week publishing schedule. Some things are in the works that will be unfolding over the month of January. I hope to share these with you by OSBC West in [...]


A Holiday Break

The weekly Open Source Update will be on hiatus until the new year. The quantity of news drops considerably towards the holidays and it’s time for a vacation.
I’ll be back in 2006 with regular, weekly coverage of open source news and a few surprises.


The Open Source Update #37

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
NOTE: This is the final issue of The Open Source Update for 2005, due to an overall reduction in news during the upcoming holdiay season. EOSJ will be continuing its open source coverage in January. Thank you.
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
JBOSS ACQUIRES, OPEN SOURCES TECHNOLOGY [...]


The Open Source Update #36

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
SUN RELEASES ADDITIONAL OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. Sun Microsystems announces that the Java Enterprise System, N1 Management software, and the Sun development tools are now available as open source software. Sun’s open source Solaris operating system, along with a set of open [...]


The Open Source Update #35

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
MICROSOFT OFFERS OFFICE DOCUMENT FORMAT AS STANDARD. Microsoft offers it Office Open XML document format as an open standard. Apple, Barclays Capital, BP, the British Library, Essilor, Intel Corporation, NextPage, Statoil ASA, and Toshiba are co-sponsoring the international standards submission.
OPEN SOURCE [...]


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