I just saw that the EU had opened and investigation into the purchase of Sun by Oracle from a competitive practice standpoint. I am not a lawyer, and am not an expert in anti-trust law, especially in Europe, but it seems to me that this case raises some very serious and interesting questions about the [...]
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Oracle, Sun and the EU: Defining the business impact of Open Source
September 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: Open Source · software industry
Rumors and rationale
September 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In the course of an interesting conversation on a different topic, I heard a rumor that could have a significant effect on the perception of open source. The person I was speaking with mentioned that certain agencies in the US Department of Defense and Intelligence communities were thinking of biasing their procurement policies toward open [...]
Tags: Open Source