Open Source

Update: European Union clears Oracle’s purchase of Sun

There are no conditions attached, but Oracle has pledged to protect MySQL for five years

Apache hones Java RIA effort

The Pivot project, which uses Java and XML, features user interface elements and Web services integration

The open source default

Despite turmoil in the open source community, open source has become the mainstream choice for enterprises

Development 2.0 concepts at ESDC

How Hadoop startup Cloudera is evolving

The company aims to make Hadoop as easy for corporate workers as SQL-based BI tools

Recent news from the easyb front

Groovy’s Gaelyk on an IBM podcast

Why MySQL’s creator thinks IBM could acquire the database

And what it says about 'Monty' Widenius' motives for blocking Oracle's acquisition of MySQL

Getting a Job with the Skills Nobody’s Paid You For

Latest Grails framework is set for the JVM

Grails 1.2 contains hundreds of fixes and improvements; SpringSource also offers general availability of Spring 3.0 Java framework