November
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Nov 08, 2006
Oracle versuchte, MySQL zu kaufen
Oracle hat versucht, den Hersteller der Open-Source-Datenbank MySQL zu kaufen, erklärte MySQL-Chef Marten Mickos am Rande der Open Source Business Conference. Wann und zu welchem Preis Oracle versucht hat, MySQL zu kaufen, verriet Mickos nicht. MySQL schlug das Angebot allerdings aus, man wolle unabhängig bleiben, berichtet CNet. Derweil konnte MySQL in dieser Woche den Abschluss einer weiteren Finanzierungsrunde vermelden. 18,5 Millionen US-Dollar erhielt das Unternehmen unter anderem von Red Hat, SAP und einigen Risikokapitalgebern. read more...
UN fordert zum OpenDocument-Format auf
Asiatische Länder sollen ihre Langzeitarchivierung mit offenen Formaten durchführen, fordert die OpenSource-Gruppe der UN.Die meisten Regierungen hätten sich schon zu offenen Standards bekannt. Nun sollen sie diese auch einsetzen, fordert das International Open Source Network der Vereinten Nationen die Länder im Asien-Pazifik-Raum auf. Kurzum: Das OpenDocument-Format soll gefälligst von den Regierungen unterstützt werden. Die offenen Standards seien gerade für Regierungsarchive wichtig, damit gespeicherte Informationen auch in einigen Jahren noch zugänglich seien, erklären die OpenSource-Advokaten der UN auf ihrer Website. read more...
Tibco to open source, upgrade AJAX toolkit
San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Tibco Software on Monday is announcing its intention to offer its General Interface rich Internet application toolkit via an open source format. The product, based on AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), is being made available via open source as part of the company's announcement of General Interface Version 3.2, which supports the Firefox 1.5 browser. The company is offering the beta release on Monday. Other new features in Version 3.2 include additional components such as tree grids and scalable vector graphics for Firefox. read more...
The Future of the OS Wars
Today, your choice of operating system is a critical one; for tomorrow's computer it won't matter nearly as much. Rapidly improving virtualization technology allows you to run multiple OSs simultaneously on one computer as "virtual machines," each with its own selection of programs. In five or ten years, your choice of operating systems could become as mix-and-match as your choice of Web browsers is right now. read more...
OSS document management for small businesses
South Africa-developed KnowledgeTree, an open source document management application, is now available in two additional versions catering to enterprise and small business users. "KnowledgeTree SMB and KnowledgeTree Enterprise editions tailor the KnowledgeTree document management offering to specific ends of the market, providing each with extremely attractive price performance," says Daniel Chalef of KnowledgeTree developers Jam Warehouse. "The two editions are based on version 1.1 of our commercial KnowledgeTree platform, adding significantly enhanced internationalisation support and Windows integration capabilities." read more...
Oracle Unveils Open Source Berkeley Database Upgrade
Oracle has lifted the lid on an upgraded version of the open source Berkeley DB database system, the first upgrade of the product since Oracle bought its maker, Sleepycat Software, in March of this year. Oracle is touting improved performance, availability and ease-of-use for both commercial and open source software developers with Berkeley DB v4.5, made available this week. read more...
Putting Open Source Development Under the Scope
"In a large proprietary software development environment, engineers spend four to nine hours a week in meetings. ... The result of all this is to pace the engineers to the plodding pace of management, so that they can stay in control of the project," said Josh Berkus, core team member of the PostgreSQL open source database project. read more...
Creative Commons revisions face same challenges as GPL
After the GNU General Public License (GPL), the Creative Commons License (CCL) is probably the most popular open source license now in use. Yet, while the writing of version 3.0 of the GPL has been widely covered in the media, the current revisions to the CCL have received little attention from the press -- nor have the drafters of the two licenses consulted each other. All the same, the CCL 3.0 revision has many of the same priorities as GPL 3.0, including increasing the clarity of the language, internationalizing the language, and addressing issues about digital rights management (DRM). But, like the GPL, an even more important issue is satisfying the concerns of major stakeholders -- a struggle that is as much about the credibility of the license as the details being discussed. read more...
Gartner: Goldene Zeiten für Open-Source-Datenbanken
Den Marktforschern von Gartner zufolge stehen Open-Source-Datenbanken goldene Zeiten bevor. In seinem Vortrag Enterprise Databases in an Open Source World auf dem diesjährigen Gartner Open Source Summit in Phoenix (Arizona) schilderte Analyst Donald Feiberg ein durchweg positives Zukunftsbild für MySQL, PostgreSQL und Konsorten. read more...
Linux-Groupware-Markt in Bewegung
Einer der Pioniere im Linux-Groupware-Umfeld, die Plochinger Neuberger & Hughes GmbH, geht mit einem Newcomer dieses Marktsegments, der niederländischen Firma Zarafa, eine Kooperation ein. Firmengründer Helmuth Neuberger wird dazu die Geschäftsführung der neuen Zarafa Deutschland GmbH übernehmen. Die Weiterentwicklung des bisherigen Groupware-Produkts, exchange4linux, wird eingestellt. Anwender können noch bis Oktober nächsten Jahres auf Updates und Support zurückgreifen. Neuberger & Hughes will seinen Groupware-Kunden den Umstieg auf den Zarafa-Server mit nicht näher spezifizierten "attraktiven Konditionen" versüßen. read more...
