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Is Microsoft Going to Acquire Powerset?

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While it's still only a rumor, VentureBeat is reporting that Microsoft has agreed to buy Silicon Valley semantic search engine Powerset for over $100 million--apparently to be announced next month. Powerset's search technology uses the open source cluster-based technology Hadoop, which provides fast answers to queries by using the resources of many computers. We wrote about both Hadoop and Powerset here, and got to hear from Powerset's Chad Walters. Based on what I saw Chad demonstrate, and Microsoft's need to catch up in search, I won't be surprised if this rumor is true.


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OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

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Firefox 3 gets four percent market share--in just one week...

InfoWorld's top ten Firefox extensions, plus some of our favorites...

On his last day, Bill Gates says Microsoft/Yahoo deal is unlikely...

As Gates exits Microsoft, will the company become friendlier to open source?...

Does Yahoo's reorg signal a cloud computing move?...



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Microsoft Delivers Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Virtualization (RTM)

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There's no stopping the virtualization race. Microsoft has just released to manufacturing WIndows Server 2008 Hyper-V. The Release Candidate of its? virtualization application is found here.? Hyper-V is hypervisor-based virtualization software that allows you to run multiple operating systems concurrently, including Linux, on one installation of Windows Server.


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Reaction to News of Microsoft's Support of Open Source Census

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When we first told you about the Open Source Census back in April, there were already a number of sponsors, with more expected to sign on in the future. Well, today, another sponsor was announced and the name may surprise you -- or maybe not. Microsoft. As expected, some open source supporters are in a twist over the news, while others are waxing philosophical.

 



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The ODF Alliance Backs the EU's Call for Open Source

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As we reported this week, European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes recently took a very tough stance in calling for governments throughout Europe to use open source software and adopt open standards. Kroes is the European Union's top antitrust official, and her comments were largely interpreted as a jab at Microsoft. (The EU has recently levied the largest fines in its history against the Redmond giant.) Now, the ODF Alliance--the organization that backs Open Document Format--is applauding Kroes' comments. The ODF Alliance's position isn't exactly a surprise, but it's another step in what is becoming a coordinated march.


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EU Official Tells Governments to Go Open Source

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The European Union's top antitrust official has called on governments throughout Europe to use open source software, in what's being interpreted as a jab at Microsoft, the Associated Press is reporting.? Choosing technology formats that can be used by different vendors ? often without paying a fee ? is a very smart business decision, AP reports European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said. Is this really part of the EU's tough stance against Microsoft?


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OOXML: Still Waiting for the End

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We've written before about the strange and dubious story of the adoption of Microsoft's OOXML document formats as an international standard by the ISO. The ISO ratified the standards a few months ago as part of a fast track process that left a number of members of the open source community disquieted, or even disgusted. Now, however, it seems that the game may not be over yet, as several member bodies of the ISO have lodged appeals against the outcome.


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Did Open Source Kill the Dev Tools Market?

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The tools market is dead. Open source killed it. The only commercial tools that can survive today are the ones that leapfrog open source tools. That's the position that John De Goes, president of N-BRAIN, takes in an interesting new interview.? While it's true that open source development tools and environments have made big inroads in recent years, I only partially agree with De Goes.


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OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

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Last week, OStatic published a story on an unsung open source cloud computing infrastructure effort from U.C. Santa Barbara called Eucalyptus. The lead developer, Rich Wolski, now confirms that hours after the post went up, all members of the team behind Eucalyptus were contacted by Facebook recruiters--except Rich....

Microsoft and Nokia apparently aren't worried about open source software platforms for phones and mobile devices.....

Linux--a new user's review.....

Free extensions and templates for OpenOffice.....



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The Business Prospects for Open Source: What's Needed?

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I've just been reading through a report from Olliance Group (a consulting firm for open source companies), and it contains some good material about companies and projects focused on open source. The report is a summary of the 2008 Open Source Think Tank from February, where 120 leading pundits came together. Quite a bit of the report contains familiar rah-rah material about Yahoo buying Zimbra and Sun buying MySQL, but the most interesting thoughts are about how open source software vendors can benefit from imitating some of the practices of mature software companies. Here's why some of this makes sense.


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