|
Yet another evidence of the value of OpenSource as a collaboration mechanism. Today was the launch for the Symbian Foundation, founded by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone to unite Symbian OS™, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) and Open Source the resulting platform (full Press Release). The group will be using the EPL 1.0 license... and they already have a Wikipedia page. Added: This story is now being carried by mainstream news: BusinessWeek, InformationWeek, NYTimes. |
|
TheRegister reports on an Oracle License Increase on their major products, including AppServer and Databases; Barron's has a Similar Report, and so does SearchITChannel.com. The reports also suggest that the entry-level WebLogic Express is no more. It seems to me that the GlassFish Enterprise Server and MySQL Enterprise Server just became even better deals than before. If interested, check out our Informal Adoption Stories, the Switch Program, and the GlassFish For Business. |
NB. The title refers to a scene from Galaxy Quest (check the Script). Complaints about my sense of humor to /dev/null :-).