[Originally published in the September/October 2005 issue of Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) - page 32.]
OSCON 2005 Recap
by Raven Zachary
The 2005 O’Reilly Open Source Convention (”OSCON”) was held the first week of August at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, USA. OSCON is the ‘main event’ for the open source developer community, organized by [...]
Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
SURVEY SHOWS RAPID RESPONSE TO BUGS BY OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPERS. Evans Data Corporation releases the results of a survey showing that two in five open source developers fix bugs in under eight hours. In addition, seventeen percent of open source developers [...]
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).
This issue is shipping to print subscribers this week, and the digital edition is available online now.
I am posting the first paragraph of the article now, [...]
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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
PATENT INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT LINUX. The Open Invention Network (OIN), a new patent initiative to promote Linux and spur innovation globally through access to royalty-free patents, launches. Investors in OIN include IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony.
CA’S INGRES [...]
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[CORRECTION: In our EOSJ Update last week, we incorrectly named Carl Ledbetter as the new CEO of OpenLogic. The new CEO of OpenLogic is Steven Grandchamp, and Carl Ledbetter has joined the OpenLogic Board of Directors.]
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
NOVELL, UNISYS TO INCREASE FOCUS ON [...]
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THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
[Note: Enterprise Open Source Journal's Senior Technical Editor & Consulting Industry Analyst Raven Zachary will be at OSBC East in Boston this week. If you are attending OSBC East, copies of Enterprise Open Source Journal will be available near the registration [...]
Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
SUGARCRM OBTAINS $18.77 MILLION US FUNDING ROUND. SugarCRM, an open source CRM company, obtains $18.77 million US in its Series C investment round from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Walden International.
FIREFOX SURPASSES 100 MILLION DOWNLOADS. Firefox, the popular [...]
Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)
THIS WEEK’S TOP NEWS
ORACLE ACQUIRES OPEN SOURCE DATABASE COMPANY. Oracle acquires open source database company, Innobase, for an undisclosed amount. Innobase’s database technology, InnoDB, is distributed as part of MySQL.
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE ACQUIRES OPEN SOURCE SECURITY COMPANY. Check Point Software, an Internet security company, [...]
At Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ), we’ve received some complaints about the Flash-based format of the digital edition. In general, people are happy with it (I think it’s a great example of the capabilities that Flash brings), but some would prefer that we use PDF instead.
What do you think? Should we offer a PDF edition? [...]
I tend to be an early adopter of technology. As part of the first generation having grown up with video games and home computers, it feels as though it’s in my brain wiring somehow, much to the disappointment of my wife who sees electronics as a big money pit with no return (”Wouldn’t you rather [...]
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