Open Source

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Who is trying to sabotage the Oracle/Sun merger?

Someone will surely benefit if the deal falls through, but it won't be MySQL customers

SAP says it reached out to Oracle about Java, not Sun deal

In a statement, SAP strongly denies 'misleading speculation' raised in a recent Wall Street Journal editorial

CouchDB on EC2 in 3 1/2 minutes

Update: EU issues objections to Oracle’s Sun acquisition

The Commission's statement of objections focuses on its concerns about Oracle owning the open-source MySQL database

Open source software ready for big business

Pumped-up features and relatively low prices are giving open source products more inroads to corporate networks than ever before

Barnes & Noble, aided by Android, aims to disrupt the Kindle

The Nook has two important capabilities that could expand the market for e-book readers beyond Amazon's device

XML verification just got easier with easyb

Apache readies Tomcat Java servlet container upgrade

Scalability and security to be enhanced in Tomcat 7; Apache also is set to take over the Subversion software configuration management project

EU backpedals on open source mandate

A new draft of a plan to encourage European governments to purchase open IT systems no longer talks of open standards