Experian embraces open source
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| Experian is embracing open source software as a major part of its tech
| strategy in the future.
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http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39186071,00.htm
More on open source and such:
ESB Projects Team Up on Open Source JBI
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| Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) projects put into Open Source by Iona
| Technologies and LogicBlaze will collaborate on a Java Business Integration
| (JBI) implementation.
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http://www.idevnews.com/TipsTricks.asp?ID=477
Apache Releases First Geronimo Codeset
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| Developers can get their first glimpse at real code for Geronimo, the Apache
| Software Foundation's Open Source J2EE project. Source and binaries for
| Geronimo's first milestone build, which includes four (4) key components, are
| available from the ASF website, after 9 months of development. Devs can go
| to: http://cvs.apache.org/dist/incubator/geronimo/for code and support info
| downloads.
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http://www.idevnews.com/TipsTricks.asp?ID=433
Recent:
Report: Subscriptions to Surge for Open-Source Licensing
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| One out of five applications will be licensed by subscription within five
| years, respondents said, thanks to goodies such as remote management,
| security monitoring and more.
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http://www.midmarket.eweek.com/c/a/News/Report-Subscriptions-to-Surge-for-OpenSource-Licensing/
Open Source Business Conference: Great, we won. So what did we win?
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| That’s what I asked leading open source investor Larry Augustin (pictured
| left; he founded VA Linux, SourceForge, and backed many more) and Harold
| Goldberg, chief executive of Zend, at the InfoWorld Open Source Business
| Conference, which just wrapped up.
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http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/26/open-source-business-conference-great-we-won-so-what-did-we-win/
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
|
| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal
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| Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its
| history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo
| Inc.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN0455692920080205
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