RadView will offer up its WebLoad Internet applications testing tool to open source this week.WebLoad OpenSource is to be re-launched on Wednesday under the GNU General Public License version 2. Users can test applications such as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) applications to find performance bottlenecks. Application-monitoring also is featured.“Current proprietary solutions are too costly and too inflexible, creating daily frustrations for Internet application developers who constantly face performance issues,” said Ilan Kinreich, chief strategist at RadView, in a statement released by the company. “RadView’s open source approach will foster innovation, expand the use of performance testing, provide the foundation for an open source testing ecosystem and help to define testing standards.” WebLoad has had an installed base of 1,600 customers and the company is now looking to take away market share from rivals such as HP Mercury, a RadView representative said. Also on Wednesday, the company will introduce a new commercial version of WebLoad, called WebLoad Professional. It will offer additional enhancements not in the open source product, such as certification and compatibilty for Oracle Forms.WebLoad Open Source can be accessed here on Wednesday. Software Development