The Open Source Update #35

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)

THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS

MICROSOFT OFFERS OFFICE DOCUMENT FORMAT AS STANDARD. Microsoft offers it Office Open XML document format as an open standard. Apple, Barclays Capital, BP, the British Library, Essilor, Intel Corporation, NextPage, Statoil ASA, and Toshiba are co-sponsoring the international standards submission.

OPEN SOURCE MEDIA CHANGES NAME. Open Source Media, a news blogging site unrelated to open source technology, changes its name back to Pajamas Media due in part to complaints from the open source community about the name confusion.

MASSACHUSETTS CIO INVESTIGATED FOR OPEN SOURCE CONFERENCE TRIPS. Peter Quinn, Director of the Massachusetts Informational Technology Division and the states' Chief Information Officer, is being investigated by the Governor's office for potential violation of state travel policy for trips made to open source conferences. Quinn is at the center of the Massachusetts Open Document decision.

PARIS, VIENNA MOVE TOWARDS OPEN SOURCE DESKTOPS. The European cities of Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria, are both moving towards open source desktops for municipal employees.

PATENT THREAT TO LINUX 'RECEDING', SAYS OSDL CHIEF. Stuart Cohen, CEO of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), says that the threat of software patent infringement claims against Linux has receded. OSDL recently launched the Patent Commons Reference Library, a searchable archive of more than 500 patents pledged to the open source community.

PERSPECTIVES
A collection of open source editorials, opinions, and blog entries from around the world.

Open Source Turns Strategic
Debra D'Agostino

Is Open Source capitalism, socialism or communism?
Marc Fleury

Why open source projects are not publicised
Ingrid Marson

Reduce the Risk, Hire Programmers From Open Source
David Hansson

Linux: The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World?
Rob Enderle

From the Outside Looking In: Analysts, Developers on Microsoft, Open Standards
Steven Vaughan-Nichols and Mary Foley

Can open source still save Novell?
Deni Connor and Jennifer Mears

Massachusetts open source fight becomes partisan
Dana Blankenhorn

Oregon city builds reputation as software revolution hub
Elizabeth Moore

Open Source Content Management Set Up
PDM

ANNOUNCEMENTS
News, press releases, and announcements from open source vendors, organizations, and projects. Submit your news to update@eosj.com.

4PSA
The New 4PSA Integrator is Available

Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE)
FSFE files application for leave to intervene in antitrust suit against Microsoft

InsyncQ
InsynQ Announces Always-On CRM

Linspire
ThinkFree's Newest Microsoft-Compatible Office Suite Now Available for Linspire Desktop Linux

Microsoft
Microsoft Offers Office Document Formats to Ecma International for Open Standardization

Novell
Novell Appoints Dr. Jeffrey Jaffe as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange Inc. Enhances Support for Mobile Devices With Free, Limited Time Upgrade Offer

PostNuke
Pixels for Sale at PostNuke dot com!

Sourcefire
Sourcefire Provides Coverage in Advance of Latest Microsoft Internet Explorer Threat

Sumo Computer
Low Cost/High Performance Open Source Gentoo Linux LAMP Server Now Available

Sun
Dartmouth College Collaborates with Sun to Contribute Security Features to the OpenSolaris Project

UPCOMING EVENTS

Gartner Open Source Summit
Orlando, FL, USA
December 7-9, 2005

ApacheCon US 2005
San Diego, CA, USA
December 10-14, 2005

Open Source in the Enterprise
San Francisco, CA, USA
January 23-25, 2006

ObjectWebCon'06
Paris, France
January 31-february 2, 2006

OSBC West
San Francisco, CA, USA
February 14-15, 2006

OSCON 2005 Recap

[Originally published in the September/October 2005 issue of Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) - page 32.]

OSCON 2005 Recap
by Raven Zachary

The 2005 O'Reilly Open Source Convention ("OSCON") was held the first week of August at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon, USA. OSCON is the ‘main event' for the open source developer community, organized by O'Reilly Media, which is best known for its technology book publishing and open source advocacy. Although OSCON caters to the open source developer, only half of the attendees are classified as developers. The convention also attracts a considerable showing of IT operations staff, IT managers and executives, and academics. Bob Thomas, the publisher of EOSJ, and I were at OSCON 2005 this year, both as media sponsors and exhibitors.

This year's event was the largest OSCON to date, with over 2,400 attendees and a 61,000 square foot exhibition hall showcasing over 60 exhibitors. While these numbers are modest compared to other technology conventions, this year's OSCON was a testament to the rapid growth and broader interest of the open source movement. Prior years' conventions have taken place in hotel convention facilities, but this year with the increased attendance and vendor involvement, the convention was moved to the Oregon Convention Center, providing room for future growth.

The five-day open source convention included tutorials, technical track sessions, panel discussions, keynotes, special interest gatherings, testing labs, an exhibit hall, and a number of events, including vendor parties. Attendees had to make difficult scheduling decisions during the convention, with multiple sessions and events occurring simultaneously.

The main body of the convention sessions, the technical tracks, included 241 sessions organized into twelve categories: Apache, Databases, Emerging Topics, Java, Linux, Perl, PHP, Products & Services, Python, Ruby, Security, and XML. Although mostly technical in nature, sessions in the Emerging Topics and Products & Services included topics of general interest to non-developers. Over 40 half-day tutorial sessions were held during the first two days of OSCON, at an added cost to attendees.

Birds of a Feather sessions (BOFs), special interest gatherings, were scheduled after the main sessions. Over 30 BOFs were organized at OSCON. I was able to attend a few BOF sessions, and it was a great way to meet people with similar interests in a less formal setting.

OSCON keynote speakers included Jonathan Schwartz of Sun, Kim Polese of SpikeSource, Andrew Morton of OSDL, Mitchell Baker of Mozilla Foundation, and Larry Wall, creator of Perl. Andrew Morton held up a copy of the inaugural issue of EOSJ in front of the crowd during his keynote address and read excerpts from two of the articles. Every attendee of OSCON this year was given a copy of the inaugural issue of EOSJ in their convention backpacks, and many more copies were given away at our booth.

In support of the growing attendance of non-developers to OSCON, a new business track was added, called the Open Source Business Review (OSBR). This two-day premium addition to the convention was designed for IT managers and executives, and covered issues ranging from software evaluation, to managing risks, licensing, calculating ROI, and governance. The OSBR was co-chaired by Dan Woods, author of the recent O'Reilly book, Open Source for the Enterprise.

OSCON was also a place for open source companies to make announcements. More than ten announcements were made at the convention. One of the interesting announcements was that Carnegie Mellon West Center for Open Source Investigation, O'Reilly CodeZoo, SpikeSource and Intel have launched of the Business Readiness Rating (BRR), a proposed open standard to facilitate assessment and adoption of open source software.

Professional networking was a major aspect of the convention. OSCON provided a "Who's Who" list of attendees, to enable networking. Like many, I spent some time going through the list with a highlighter before the convention began, and set up meetings with a few of the attendees. The OSCON Message Board (also marked appropriately for job postings) was a primary gathering point during the convention, and many companies were in attendance this year to interview candidates for open source jobs. In a pre-convention email reminder from O'Reilly, attendees were encouraged to bring business cards and resumes. Half the people I met had already run out of business cards.

The main hallway in the convention center was an attraction itself. Loaded with blow-up air chairs and couches, wireless Internet, and plenty of power outlets for recharging laptops, this was a gathering point for conversation, people watching, and convention downtime. While sitting in a transparent green air couch checking my email, I saw everything from a wandering harmonica player to a Segway rider to someone dressed in a circus ringleader outfit. A diverse group of people was assembled at OSCON to share and learn about open source.

While OSCON is growing, and next year's convention will certainly surpass this year's, O'Reilly remains focused on keeping OSCON an intimate event. "We're always working to keep OSCON focused on the technology and content while providing opportunities to get up close and personal with the companies, community groups, and projects that are shaping open source," said program chair Nathan Torkington. "No matter what its size, OSCON will always be about quality conversations, meaningful interactions, and plenty of fun." I'm already planning to attend OSCON 2006, and I hope to see you there.

For more information on The 2005 O'Reilly Open Source Convention, including the presentations, photos, attendee Wiki, weblogs, and links to the audio recordings of the convention keynotes (provided by ITConversations), please visit the OSCON 2005 web site: http://conventions.oreillynet.com/os2005/. O'Reilly will announce the location and date of next year's OSCON, as well as the call for participation in November.

If you reside in Europe, The 2005 O'Reilly European Open Source Convention (Euro OSCON) will be held from October 17-20th, 2005, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Further information on Euro OSCON is available at conventions.oreillynet.com/eurooscon/.

The Open Source Update #34

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)

THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS

SURVEY SHOWS RAPID RESPONSE TO BUGS BY OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPERS. Evans Data Corporation releases the results of a survey showing that two in five open source developers fix bugs in under eight hours. In addition, seventeen percent of open source developers find and repair severe bugs in less than four business hours.

SUPERCOMPUTER SURVEY SHOWS LINUX AS TOP OS. The Top500 Supercomputer Sites survey for November 2005 shows Linux has a 75% operating systems share for the top 500 publicly known supercomputers in the world.

OSDL LAUNCHES PATENT COMMONS REFERENCE LIBRARY. As a follow-on to their August 2005 Patent Commons project announcement, OSDL launches the Patent Commons Reference Library. The reference library includes a searchable archive of more than 500 patents pledged to the open source community.

NOVELL PRESIDENT SAYS OPEN SOURCE ADOPTION IN DATA CENTERS SLOWING. Ron Hovsepian, president and chief operating officer of Novell, says that adoption of open source technology in data centers is slowing rather than accelerating. Hovespian says that Novell has observed a "wait-and-see" attitude toward open source from IT buyers.

SUN SUPPORTS, BUNDLES POSTGRESQL WITH SOLARIS. Sun Microsystems announces the bundling and support of the open source PostgreSQL database with the Solaris 10 operating system. Sun will offer a 24x7 support option for Solaris customers needing PostgreSQL support.

PERSPECTIVES
A collection of open source editorials, opinions, and blog entries from around the world.

Open Source Business Models Examined
Paul Sterne and Nicholas Herring

Proprietary Software to Open Source - Migration Approach
Murugan Pal

The GNU General Public License - An Overview
Rowan Wilson

Is Open Source Really Just as Good?
Michael Jung

Who Is Open Source?
Christopher Koch

Massachusetts, Open Document, and Accessibility
Peter Korn

Getting the Real Facts: How Industry Analyst Reports Can Trick Readers
Maria Winslow

Don't steal the open source brand
Dana Blankenhorn

SleepyCat CEO: What open source software buyers can learn from Google
Mark Brunelli

China's Linux disease
Chen Nan Yang

ANNOUNCEMENTS
News, press releases, and announcements from open source vendors, organizations, and projects. Submit your news to update@eosj.com.

AccuRev
AccuRev's "Health Checker for CVS" Addresses Limitations of the CVS Version Control System That Can Result in Costly Release Errors and Project Delays

Alfresco
Alfresco Software Appoints Ian Howells Chief Marketing Officer

BitMover
BitMover Announces Open Source Awards Program

ChemAxon
ChemAxon Supports Open Source Chemical Inventory Application for Universities

Cluster File Systems
Cluster File Systems, Inc. releases Lustre version 1.4.5

Daffodil
Daffodil and EasySpeedy partner to promote "Daffodil CRM"

db4objects
db4objects First to Implement Native Queries

Digium
Digium Announces the Launch of Asterisk 1.2 at the IP.4.IT Conference

Echogent
Echogent Systems Unveils Open Source Remote Support System for User Support Professionals

ENLASO
ENLASO (translate.com) to Port Localization Tools to Open Source Okapi Framework

EnterpriseDB
EnterpriseDB Adds to Executive Leadership Team

Evans Data
Two In Five Open Source Developers Zap Bugs In Under Eight Hours, New Evans Data Survey

Exadel
Exadel Strenghtens Management Team

iRadeon
iRadeon Dashboard Equips Business for Open Source Future; New On Demand 'Webtop' Solution Provides One-Click Access to Web-Based CRM, Project Management, Knowledgebase and eLearning Applications

JBoss
JBoss, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Result

JasperSoft
JasperSoft Introduces JasperDecisions 3.1 With New Integration for JasperReports

Koders
Koders Introduces Early Access Program for Plug-ins with Smart Search Service and Localization Support

Linux Networx
Linux Networx Unveils the LS Series of Linux Supersystems

Linux Professional Institute (LPI)
Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams Top 100,000 Worldwide

Mandriva
Worldwide Install Party: Mandriva to rally its community of users in 65 towns across the globe, on November 19

MARVELit
MARVELit, a Leading Open Source Business Intelligence Vendor, to Integrate and Support IBM's WebSphere Application Server Community Edition

Microsoft
Security Innovation Finds Microsoft Windows Platform More Reliable Than Linux

MySQL
MySQL 5.0 Downloaded One Million Times in First Three Weeks

Net Integration Technologies
Net Integration's Nitix For Application Servers Achieves "Ready for IBM DB2 Software for Linux" Designation

OpenMFG
OpenMFG Launches Development Partner Program

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL)
OSDL Launches Online Patent Commons Reference Library

Open-Xchange
Germany's Green Party Selects Open-Xchange for Advanced Open Source Collaboration

O'Reilly
The First Annual O'Reilly European Open Source Convention Supports FLOSS Momentum in Europe

Pentaho
Pentaho Corporation Names Open Source Luminary to Its' Board

Red Hat
Technology Leader Joins Red Hat Board

SGI
Open|SpeedShop Now Available to Linux Developers

Scalix
Free Version of Scalix’s Award-Winning Email and Calendaring Just Got Better

Signate
Signate Announces Second Edition of VoIP Telephony with Asterisk

SpikeSource
SpikeSource Expands Partner Ecosystem With Five New Testing Partners

Sourcefire
Sourcefire and Bleeding Snort Launch Open Source Snort Rules Consortium

StillSecure
StillSecure's Chief Strategy Officer Elected to the Open Source Snort Rules Consortium (OSSRC) Board of Directors

Sun
Sun Announces Support for Postgres Database on Solaris 10

VIP Tone
VIP Tone Commercially Supports IBM Open Source Software for K-12 Education

Zimbra
Zimbra Launches Shared Calendar and Network Edition Beta

UPCOMING EVENTS

Gartner Open Source Summit
Orlando, FL, USA
December 7-9, 2005

ApacheCon US 2005
San Diego, CA, USA
December 10-14, 2005

Open Source in the Enterprise
San Francisco, CA, USA
January 23-25, 2006

ObjectWebCon'06
Paris, France
January 31-february 2, 2006

OSBC West
San Francisco, CA, USA
February 14-15, 2006

The Commercialization of Open Source

As a follow-on to my blog entry "100 Million and Counting...", the November/December issue of Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ) has my article "The Commercialization of Open Source" (page 42).

This issue is shipping to print subscribers this week, and the digital edition is available online now.

I am posting the first paragraph of the article now, and will post the entire article when the next issue of EOSJ is released in late January.

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Several months ago I noticed an increase in open source funding announcements. Was this just perception or were open source investments truly on the rise? I went back through archived news reports and determined there were more than $165 million (U.S.) investments made in open source from March through October of this year. This is by no means a complete survey of open source funding during this period, only funding that has been publicly disclosed. One can infer that even more was invested in open source, but remains to this date unreported. This $165 million was spread across 21 companies that were involved with open source in some way (see figure).

The Open Source Update #33

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)

THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS

PATENT INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT LINUX. The Open Invention Network (OIN), a new patent initiative to promote Linux and spur innovation globally through access to royalty-free patents, launches. Investors in OIN include IBM, Novell, Philips, Red Hat, and Sony.

CA'S INGRES DATABASE BECOMES INGRES CORPORATION. Computer Associates (CA) partners with Garnett & Helfrich Capital to divest its Ingres open source database unit into Ingres Corporation. Ingres' status as an open source database solution has not been impacted by this news.

ODF SUMMIT SIGNALS MOMENTUM FOR OPENDOCUMENT FORMAT. The OpenDocument Format (ODF) Summit, held last week, included representation from over 13 technology companies and several industry groups. IBM has announced that it is drafting a proposal to create an OpenDocument Foundation.

MEDSPHERE ANNOUNCES NEW CEO. Medsphere Systems Corporation, an open source healthcare solutions provider, announces the appointment of Kenneth Kizer to the role of CEO. Former CEO Larry Augustin will continue to serve on the Board of Directors, and Kenneth Kizer will retain his role as Chairman of the Board.

PENTAHO ANNOUNCES OPEN SOURCE BI CONSOLIDATION. Pentaho, an open source Business Intelligence (BI) software company, announces that the Mondrian On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) project will join Pentaho. Julian Hyde, Founder and Lead Developer of the Mondrian Project, has joined Pentaho as an employee.

PERSPECTIVES
A collection of open source editorials, opinions, and blog entries from around the world.

The art of the open source deal
Mark Brunelli

Open source, open wallet
Martin LaMonica

Europe and the US philosophically divided on open source?
Ingrid Marson

OSBC proves open source and business go together
Robin Miller

The real story behind the Massachusetts ODF flap
Bernard Golden

Forrester on where open source is booming
Matt Asay

Interview: Bob Young after Red Hat
Joe Brockmeier

Open source will struggle for a slice of BI pie
Greg Bogiages

Open Source Symposium report
Crystle Numan

I'm Not Dead Yet! KDE vs. GNOME
Steven Vaughan-Nichols

ANNOUNCEMENTS
News, press releases, and announcements from open source vendors, organizations, and projects. Submit your news to update@eosj.com.

Alfresco
Alfresco Named One of Emerging Elite Winners at Open Source Business Conference

Akibia
Akibia Hosts Seminar with Novell on Linux and Open Source Virtualization and High Availability Featuring Leading IT Research Firm

Business Objects
Business Objects Announces Preview Release of Crystal Reports for Eclipse

Canonical
Ubuntu Gains IBM DB2 Certification

Cenzic
Cenzic Releases More Plug-Ins for Nessus Security Scanner to Open Source

EnterpriseDB
EnterpriseDB Named One of Three "Ones to Watch" At Open Source Business Conference

IBDNetwork
IBDNetwork's Under the Radar Event Features Open-Source Solutions for the Enterprise

IBM
Linux Extensions, Key Software Development Tools Released for Cell Broadband Engine Microprocessor

Ingres
Ingres Announces World-Class Management Team to Lead Newly Independent Business Open Source Database Company

LogicBlaze
LogicBlaze Introduces Services and Support for Open Source Enterprise Service Bus ServiceMix 2.0

LogicLibrary
LogicLibrary Offers Integrated Repository and Registry

MARVELit
MARVELit Launches OpenReports Portal, the Open Source Business Intelligence Solution With Simple Web-Based Executive Reporting for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses

Medsphere
Medsphere Names Renowned Healthcare Leader as CEO

Mozilla
Happy Birthday Firefox!

Open Invention Network (OIN)
Open Invention Network Formed to Promote Linux and Spur Innovation Globally Through Access to Key Patents

Open Source Business Conference (OSBC)
Three Open Source Startups Named "Ones to Watch" at Recent Open Source Business Conference

Open Source Strategies
Open Source ERP to Drive Open Source Database Adoption

Pentaho
Pentaho and Mondrian: Open Source Business Intelligence Consolidation Begins

PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL 8.1.0 Officially Released

Sleepycat
Sleepycat Ships New Version of Berkeley DB XML with 500 Percent Performance Increase

TransNexus
TransNexus releases open source software for VoIP routing

VA Linux Systems Japan
VA Linux Releases 'SMTPGuard', a Brand-new Anti-SPAM Solution, as an Open Source Software

Zend
Zend Technologies Introduces Zend Studio 5

UPCOMING EVENTS

Gartner Open Source Summit
Orlando, FL, USA
December 7-9, 2005

ApacheCon US 2005
San Diego, CA, USA
December 10-14, 2005

Open Source in the Enterprise
San Francisco, CA, USA
January 23-25, 2006

ObjectWebCon'06
Paris, France
January 31-february 2, 2006

OSBC West
San Francisco, CA, USA
February 14-15, 2006

The Open Source Update #32

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)

[CORRECTION: In our EOSJ Update last week, we incorrectly named Carl Ledbetter as the new CEO of OpenLogic. The new CEO of OpenLogic is Steven Grandchamp, and Carl Ledbetter has joined the OpenLogic Board of Directors.]

THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS

NOVELL, UNISYS TO INCREASE FOCUS ON OPEN SOURCE. Novell announces a restructuring, and Unisys announces a realignment, to increase their respective focuses on open source solutions.

ORACLE ANNOUNCES FREE DATABASE. Oracle announces a free database product, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition (XE), for both Linux and Windows. Usage is limited to one CPU, one GB RAM, and four GB of data. Although Express Edition is not open source, this move by Oracle may be intended to place pressure on open source database providers.

LINUX STANDARD BASE ACHIEVES ISO STANDARD. The Linux Standard Base (LSB), a workgroup of the Free Standards Group (FSG), achieves unanimous approval by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) as an international standard.

CEPR RELEASES RESEARCH PAPER ON SOFTWARE FUNDING ALTERNATIVES. The Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR), a non profit economic research and education organization, releases a research paper entitled "Opening Doors and Smashing Windows: Alternative Measures for Funding Software Development," which looks at alternatives for funding software development, including the creation of government-funded software corporations.

MOZILLA CORPORATION LAUNCHES FIREFOX COMPETITION. Mozilla Corporation, the commercial subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation, launches a competition to extend the functionality of the open source Firefox web browser.

PERSPECTIVES
A collection of open source editorials, opinions, and blog entries from around the world.

The Yin and Yang of Open Source Commerce, Part 1
John Terpstra

Enterprise Unix Roundup: Plateau or Bubble?
Amy Newman and Brian Proffitt

No Respect for Windows Open Source
Shaun Walker

Memo to Microsoft: Make Vista a Web Service, Too
Gary Beach

Oracle doesn't get it: open source is not a price tag
Matt Asay

Do you really want to hear the latest in the SCO-IBM case?
Dana Blankenhorn

Linux Thoughts
Greg Raiz

Stop the Software Patent Madness Now
Steven Vaughan-Nichols

Open Source Invades the Enterprise
Matt Rand

Sun offers open-source risk disclaimer
Stephen Shankland

ANNOUNCEMENTS
News, press releases, and announcements from open source vendors, organizations, and projects. Submit your news to update@eosj.com.

Active Endpoints
Active Endpoints Achieves Key Open Source Milestones

ActiveState
ActiveState Ships Komodo 3.5 With Full Ruby Support For Mac OS X

Alfresco
Alfresco releases first Open Source Enterprise Content Management Solution

Black Duck
Black Duck Releases Version 3.0 of its protexIP/development Software Compliance Management System

Canoo
Upgrade for Free Eclipse RIA Plug-in

Centennial Books
PMD Applied Generating a Fast Following

Cignex
Intensive Silicon Valley Session to Assemble Largest Gathering of Leading Open Source CMS Developers

Compiere
Government and Public Service IT Leaders to Convene for Seminar Focusing on Open Source Solutions

Continuent
Open Source Community Endorses Continuent

EnterpriseDB
EnterpriseDB Corporation Releases New Version of Enterprise-Class Database

FreeBSD
FreeBSD Project Launches FreeBSD 6.0 - Raises the Bar for Open Source Operating Systems

Free Standards Group (FSG)
The LSB Achieves ISO Approval as International Standard

Funambol
Funambol's Open Source Portal to Deliver Wireless Data Synchronization Regardless of User Location or Platform

Harvestroad
Harvestroad Partners with US Leading Open Source Application Software Company The rSmart Group

Levanta
Levanta Releases MapFS Code To Open Source Community

Mozilla Corporation
Mozilla Kicks Off "Extend Firefox" Competition

Nokia
Nokia fosters mobile innovation through open source development

Novell
Novell Announces Restructuring to More Closely Align Expenses with Core Business Strategy

ObjectWeb
ObjectWeb to Propagate Open Source Best Practices to Chinese Public & Private Sectors

Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange Inc. Names UK Distributor

OpenLogic
OpenLogic Announces Software Veteran Steven L. Grandchamp as CEO and Closes New Investment From UV Ventures

Oracle
Oracle Unveils Free Database - Oracle Database 10g Express Edition

Packt Publishing
Make Your PHP Application Development More Efficient with PHPEclipse

Red Hat
Red Hat's Open Source Architecture Evolves to Reduce Infrastructure Costs

Sage N Research
Sage-N Sorcerer Integrates ISB's Open Source Proteomics Tools Plug-and-Play Appliance Provides Complete Analysis Workflow for High-Throughput Proteomics

Signate
Signate Announces PBX Management Software for Telephone Service Providers

Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC)
Software Freedom Law Center Appoints Two New Attorneys to Defend and Support Free and Open Source Software

Sun
Sun Facilitates Interoperability Between Java Technology and .NET Via Open Source Web Services Implementations

Unisys
Unisys Announces Strategy Aimed at Driving Profitable Growth

Virtuas
Virtuas Announces Support Offerings For Geronimo Open Source Project

UPCOMING EVENTS

Open Source Database Conference 2005
Frankfurt, Germany
November 8-9, 2005

International PHP Conference
Frankfurt, Germany
November 6-9, 2005

Gartner Open Source Summit
Orlando, FL, USA
December 7-9, 2005

ApacheCon US 2005
San Diego, CA, USA
December 10-14, 2005

Open Source in the Enterprise
San Francisco, CA, USA
January 23-25, 2006

The Open Source Update #31

Compiled weekly by Raven Zachary for Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ)

THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS

[Note: Enterprise Open Source Journal's Senior Technical Editor & Consulting Industry Analyst Raven Zachary will be at OSBC East in Boston this week. If you are attending OSBC East, copies of Enterprise Open Source Journal will be available near the registration desk.]

EMIC BECOMES CONTINUENT, OBTAINS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. Emic, an open source high availability middleware company, changes its name to Continuent and obtains $5.75 million US in a Series B funding round from Trident Capital, Nordic Venture Partners and Ledstiernan.

OPENLOGIC NAMES NEW CEO, OBTAINS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. OpenLogic, an open source software company, names Steven Grandchamp as their new CEO, and announces the addition of UV Partners to their Series A investment round.

CENTERIS OBTAINS $5 MILLION US FUNDING ROUND, RELEASES BETA. Centeris, a Linux management software company, obtains $5 million US in its Series A investment round from Ignition Partners, and releases a beta version of its new software.

OPEN SOURCE COMPLIANCE INSURANCE LAUNCHES. Open Source Risk Management (OSRM), Lloyd’s underwriter Kiln, and Lloyd’s broker Miller launch the first-ever open source compliance insurance, covering up to $10 million US in direct losses from non-compliance of open source licenses.

APACHE WEB SERVER REACHES 50 MILLION SERVERS. Netcraft, an Internet services company, announces in its October 2005 Web Server Survey that Apache Web Server has passed the 50 million server mark.

PERSPECTIVES
A collection of open source editorials, opinions, and blog entries from around the world.

"Rethinking Open Source Strategy" by Steve Andriole

"Research: Open source not innovative? Or simply not loud enough about it?" by Matt Asay

"Devil's Advocate: Twists and turns of open source" by Martin Brampton

"MySQL CEO: Partnerships will propel OSS into mainstream" by Jan Stafford

"Open source standards are the story of the year" by Dana Blankenhorn

"Why do people switch to Linux?" by Tom Adelstein

"Goldegg" by Seth Gottlieb

"First Look at SUSE 10.0" by Adam Doxtater

"The Story of Snort: Past, Present and Future" by Martin Roesch

"Open Source Is Alive and Well with Commercial Developers" by Jack Germain

ANNOUNCEMENTS
News, press releases, and announcements from open source vendors, organizations, and projects. Submit your news to update@eosj.com.

Aepona
Aepona Announces Full Complement of JAVA Support

Alfresco
Alfresco Releases First Open Source Enterprise Content Management Solution

BitRock
BitRock Selected to Participate in OSBC East 2005

Centeris
Centeris Announces Comprehensive Solution for Managing Linux Servers in Windows Networks

CodeWeavers
CodeWeavers Debuts CrossOver Office 5.0 Featuring Microsoft Office 2003 Support

Continuent
Commercial Open Source Solution Provider Continuent Announces Launch and $5.75 Million Round of Funding

Covalent
Covalent Technologies Announces Strategic Partnership with BEA Systems

DLT Solutions
Inaugural Red Hat Government Users Conference to Showcase Open Source and Linux; Red Hat and DLT Solutions host one-day government end-users training conference

Digium
Digium Announces Highest Analog Density Card in Open Source Telephony Market

Eclipse
Eclipse Foundation Announces Keynotes for EclipseCon 2006

Google
Google Supports Open Source Initiatives

IBM
IBM Unveils New Apache Geronimo-Based Software and Support

Marcus Evans
Open Source in the Enterprise: From Evaluation, Adoption to Implementation and Optimization - Integrating Open Source into Existing IT Platforms

MySQL
MySQL 5.0 Now Available for Production Use

ObjectWeb
Members of ObjectWeb's Enterprise Service Bus Initiative Target JBI Support

OpenLogic
OpenLogic Announces Software Veteran Steven L. Grandchamp as CEO and Closes New Investment From UV Ventures

Open Source Business Conference (OSBC)
Open Source Business Conference Kicks Off on Tuesday, November 1 in Boston

Open Source Consulting
Open Source Consulting Principal To Address Goldman Sachs Investor Conference

Open Source Risk Management (OSRM)
First-ever Open Source Compliance Insurance Now Available Through Partnership Between London-Based Lloyd's Underwriter Kiln, Lloyd's broker Miller and Open Source Risk Management

Open Source Talent
Open Source Job Posting and Project Outsourcing Site Launches

Open-Xchange
Open-Xchange Announces New Open Source Project for GNOME Evolution Connector

O'Reilly
JBoss at Work: A Practical Guide: Building and Deploying J2EE in the Real World

Pingtel
Pingtel Transcends Traditional PBXs by Enabling True, Standards-Based Real Time Communications

Plone Foundation
Plone Foundation Releases Plone 2.1; The Fastest Growing Open Source Content Management System Releases New Version

PostgeSQL
Companies Come Together to Fund PostgreSQL Improvements

Scalix
Momentum Grows for Linux Email Provider Scalix, with Hundreds of New Customers, Thousands of Downloads of Free Version and Industry Accolades

Sleepycat
Sleepycat Launches New Consulting Packages for Berkeley DB

Sun
Industry Adoption of Sun's Solaris 10 Operating System Continues to Accelerate

Wine
The Wine Project Releases Wine 0.9, Declares Its Open-Source Initiative Ready For Commercial Testing

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November 3-4, 2005

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Frankfurt, Germany
November 8-9, 2005

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November 6-9, 2005

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Orlando, FL, USA
December 7-9, 2005

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December 10-14, 2005

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San Francisco, CA, USA
January 23-25, 2006