OStatic

The open source world provides several technology choices for developers looking to build web-based applications. Java developers aiming to work on the open source application server Glassfish now have some free infrastructure they can leverage. OStatic is offering 100 free hosted accounts to developers looking to build web applications powered by the open source Glassfish Application Server and the open source MySQL database.

Sun Microsystems, which is betting much of its future on open source, just reported its fourth-quarter numbers, and they were not rosy. The company's profit dipped 73 percent, year over year, for the fiscal quarter ended June 30th. Some observers are blaming the drop in profit on slumping revenues, but revenues were $3.78 billion, down only 1.4 percent from a year ago, and the company has continued with cost-cutting measures as the economy underperforms. The real reason for the slump in profits is that Sun has faced heavy competition from IBM and Hewlett-Packard in the high margin server market. Still, Sun maintains that its many open source initiatives will lead it toward brighter days.

SearchEnterpriseLinux has a good interview with Sun Microsystems' Barton George about Sun's plans for open source and MySQL integration.....

The EU is contributing more than 12 million dollars to a project called PrimeLife, designed to deliver open source tools for personal privacy protection.....

eWeek has an interesting story on best practices for mitigating risks associated with open source code.....