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Theory of competition fails in open source, elshewhere. Markets tend to crystallize around a few dominant players.

Oracle opponent cheers delay in mySQL decision. Florian Mueller, a former mySQL shareholder and strategic advisor, says the delay is good.

Droid could bring Motorola back from dead. The Android-based smartphone could revive the company.

Nokia N900: First look. What the Maemo-based phone/tablet is like from the perspective of a Linux geek.



Open Source: More than a License

Has the terminology finally evolved in the debate over who's open source? It would seem so. After years of haggling over the essence of open source, free software or any other moniker, Simon Phipps gets right to the point in A Remarkable Reversal - his critique of Richard Stallman's joint letter to the EC regarding Oracle and MySQL.

For the first time, there seems to be a growing concensus that an OSI-compliant license alone is not enough to define one's position on the openness spectrum. As Phipps notes, community governance, trademark and copyright ownership and administration, the percentage of core function in the commons... need to be taken together to get the full view.



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Eucalyptus cloud platform updated. It now features multi-cluster support and enhanced concurrency management for improved scaling on almost any infrastructure.

Linux to own 32 percent of the netbook market? ABI Research predicts that Linux will get there, particularly because of sales in less developed countries.

What would make you trust Microsoft? Without the competition of open source, would Microsoft?s trend toward bureaucracy have ever been slowed?

Amazon's move mocks EU's fear of Oracle. Oracle hasn't even started with MySQL yet, and it already faces significant competition from forks like Amazon's.

Why Funambol acquired Zapatec. Fabrizio Capobianco explains how the move extends Funambol's mobile tech strategy.



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Skype for Linux going (almost) open source. The UI will be open, but not the core.

Open source identity: Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson. In this Q&A, he discusses the history of Rails and where it's headed.

5 open source billing systems to watch. AgileBill and others take care of payment processing, invoicing, and more.

Web Open Font Format gets backing from Mozilla. It's an effort to bring advanced typography to the web in a much better way.

Setting up a MySQL cluster for your Linux desktop. It's not so complicated.



More Mudslinging in the MySQL Debate

It looks like fretting over the future of MySQL has reached a fever pitch. As we've reported before, MySQL has been losing customers to competitors such as IBM as the European Commission stalls the proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle. MySQL founder Michael 'Monty' Widenius and founder of the MySQL business, has suggested that Oracle should resolve antitrust concerns over its proposed $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun by committing to sell MySQL to a suitable third party. Widenius' missive on the recommendation is online here. In it, he says EU's antitrust regulator is absolutely right to be concerned about the acquisition but adds that Sun [shouldn't] suffer much longer.


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The Software Freedom Law Center and Red Hat's CEO rag on the patent system. Nobody can write software without risking a lawsuit.

Ingres goes after Sun's customers. The company is promoting a migration path from the MySQL database.

Apple's iPhone now has one-third the market share of desktop Linux. NetApplications measured how much Linux and the iPhone are used to access the Internet.

FOSS sexism claims stir up the pot. Bruce Byfield's recent article on the topic has people talking.

ARMing desktop Linux. ARM-based netbooks are on their way and they can't run Windows.



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.



Oracle's Larry Ellison Weighs in on Sun and the EU--and He Should

In a recent post called Another Day, Another Reason to Fret Over MySQL's Fate, I noted that the European Commission's drawn out review of Oracle's proposed Sun Microsystems merger is doing a disservice to Sun, MySQL, MySQL users and open source in general. That post also mentioned the fact that Oracle has been very mum about its intent for MySQL--and that intent is what the European Commission is focused on as it delays or possibly seeks to obstruct the merger. This is the sum total of what Oracle has had to say publicly about MySQL: MySQL will be an addition to Oracle's existing suite of database products. Wow, very informative.

Now, ZDNet and Barron's are reporting that Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison has a little more to say about the delay of the merger. He's not happy, and rightfully so.



Another Day, Another Reason to Fret Over MySQL's Fate

Here we are in mid-September, and it's hard to believe that Oracle announced its plan to acquire Sun Microsystems all the way back in April, but the deal still hasn't gone through. While the U.S. Department of Justice quickly cleared the deal, the European Commission is continuing a drawn out investigation into it, and has expressed concerns about the fate of open source database MySQL.? As we noted when the proposed acquisition was first announced, it does raise many valid questions about MySQL's future. That said, though, I have to agree with Matt Asay that the EU's extended? obstruction of the deal threatens to send MySQL's customers to IBM and other competitors while doing little to no good for MySQL. This week, there is evidence of even more confusion and possibly dire consequences for MySQL.


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