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SpringSource Delivers Spring 3.0, Focused on Web Apps

SpringSource (which, it's easy to forget, is now a division of VMware), introduced Spring 3.0 today, a major new version of the company?s Java development framework. SpringSource is targeting developers focused on web and service-based applications with the new release. This release of Spring's framework is the first since VMware's acquisition of the company, and version 3.0 is backward compatible with version 2.5. It has full REST support for web applications.


Oracle's and Sun's Top Guns Reassure the Sun Faithful

The European Commission's months-long deliberation over Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems is still ongoing, causing many observers to conclude that Europe's pokey investigation is hurting Sun. There are signs, for example, that MySQL customers are jumping ship for Sun competitors, such as IBM. Former MySQL CEO M?rten Mickos has written Neelie Kroes, Europe's Competition Commissioner, a letter saying as much. While Oracle itself has been relatively quiet about the delay, Sunday night at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, both Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Sun Microsystems Chairman Scott McNealy addressed an audience and vowed together that Sun's technologies will continue and improve under Oracle.


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Mickos letter to EU: Approve Oracle-Sun deal. Former MySQL CEO M?rten Mickos has written a note accusing the EU of doing a disservice to MySQL.

Seeking a Stallman for open source. Who should be the spokesperson?

Oracle OpenWorld to shed light on the company's Java plans. Application development will figure prominently at the conference.

Microsoft and Novell say relationship is exceeding expectations. Microsoft has sold $220 million worth of Suse Linux subscriptions for Novell.



VMware's SpringSource Acquisition Aims it Up and Down the Software Stack

As everyone digests the big news that VMware intends to buy SpringSource for $420 million--its biggest acquisition ever--I'm inclined to think that the move primarily represents a dedicated step from VMware away from just being a virtualization player. As we've discussed before,?VMware has been tightly squeezed by competition from open source and free, bundled virtualization software offerings. Its relatively new CEO Paul Maritz (who was a long time Microsoft executive), knows what it is for proprietary platforms to face free, open source competition, and SpringSource can help VMware compete very directly with Red Hat, particularly in the application server market.

Still, along with Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems, the move from VMware provides yet another example of a smaller company that has retained a strong focus on open source being acquired by a much larger, proprietary competitor. Just before last year ended, we predicted?that open source mergers and acquisitions would increase dramatically this year, but who would have thought that we would see such huge acquisitions? What are the implications for VMware, Red Hat, and open source?



Upcoming Java App Store Could Dwarf Others: Is Oracle Behind It?

Online app stores have become quite a phenomenon, in and out of the open source arena. Apple's app store made it the largest digital download retailer of all, and Microsoft has an app store in the works to challenge Apple's. The Android Market is teeming with useful applications. However, as Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz details in this blog post, Sun's upcoming App Store for Java could become the biggest app store of all. Schwartz also says this about it: ...and this time, it's all about revenue and business opportunity. Does Oracle have anything to do with this?


As Oracle Becomes Java's Steward, It's Also a Big Player in Mobile Tech

When Oracle announced its intent to acquire Sun Microsystems, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Java is the single most important software we've ever acquired. Since he made that statement, though, there has been a lot of second-guessing regarding Oracle's true intent with Java. The DevXtra Editor's Blog, for example, suggests that ?as Oracle seeks to get a $1.5 billion contribution to its profits in its first year with Sun, Oracle may start pulling staff and funding from Sun Java projects that don't immediately contribute to the bottom line or at least show promise of contributing in the near future. While that's possible, I'm more inclined to believe that Oracle will extend much of what Sun has done with Java, and one big reason for that is that Java makes Oracle an important player in the fast-growing market for mobile technology.


IBM Plus Sun: A Few Non-Obvious Software Implications

As news of a possible IBM acquisition of Sun Microsystems is settling in, it's interesting to see how many different perspectives are appearing. Yesterday, we provided our analysis here, and here. GigaOm also had an unusual and interesting piece of analysis, concluding that the best suitor for Sun would be Cisco, not IBM. The more I think about this possible deal, the more I'm convinced that it's all about software, with Java possibly representing a key brass ring for IBM.


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Mozilla solicits user feedback with Test Pilot.....

Linus Torvalds on regression, laziness and having his code rejected.....

Sun's open source Java move gets mixed reviews.....

Linux KDE 4.2 RC1, in photos.....

What's new in Firefox 3.1 beta 2?.....

San Francisco's OSBC conference slated for March.....



Alfresco Releases Results of its Open Source Barometer Survey

Alfresco Software, which makes open source enterprise content management software, is out with the results of its third global survey of trends in enterprise open source usage. The Alfresco Open Source Barometer survey went to 25,000 Alfresco community members between April and September. It consists of questions about open source infrastructure and software stacks at enterprises. There are some interesting findings, including wariness toward Microsoft's Silverlight, and friendliness toward Java, AJAX and Web 2.0 offerings.


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CIOs look to open source to do more for less in tough economy.....

Differences between paid and volunteer FOSS contributors.....

SpringSource, maker of the Spring Framework for Java application development, is offering its SpringSource dm Server, an OSGi-based application server to run enterprise Java and Spring applications.....

Motorola seeks to hire up to 300 Google Android developers.....



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