Contrary to popular rumors, Red Hat’s recent webcast was not to announce an imminent acquisition. Red Hat instead laid out an ambitious cloud strategy, going as far as claiming that only Microsoft and Red Hat are positioned to deliver an end-to-end cloud stack. However, the most important announcement from Red Hat may well be overshadowed [...]

Oracle updated its frequently asked questions (FAQ) overview of the impending Sun acquisition to address some important questions about the fate of Sun’s software assets beyond Java and Solaris. To be completely honest, none of Oracle’s plans come as a surprise.  And at the end of the day, the FAQ is not legally binding and [...]

Slashdot reports that Harald Welte is operating an open source GSM network at the Hacking at Random (HAR) conference.  Welte writes:

I started to consider the reasons why open source vendors select the GPL after ESR wrote: “The GPL may be a community-building signaling device, but it is also a confession of fear and weakness. To believe that it matters, you have to believe that you live in a Type A universe where closed-source development is [...]