From: Mustafa Akgul (akgul@Bilkent.EDU.TR)
Date: Sat 02 Apr 2005 - 16:07:20 EEST
Enterprise Open Source Journal
The Open Source Update
Issue #1, 31 March 2005
Welcome to The Open Source Update from Enterprise Open Source Journal (EOSJ), a weekly news summary focusing on the latest Enterprise Open Source announcements, issues, and trends.
IN THIS ISSUE
This Week's News
Perspectives
Enterprise Open Source Journal
Upcoming Events
Wit & Wisdom
Trivia
THIS WEEK'S NEWS
JBOSS AND NOVELL EXPAND PARTNERSHIP: As part of Novell's Open Source news at the BrainShare 2005 user conference (see below), JBoss and Novell have announced a significant expansion of their partnership. This expanded partnership includes a commitment by Novell to contribute code and engineering resources to the JBoss Enterprise Middle System (JEMS), and to be an active participant in the design and direction of JBoss projects. As an initial step, Novell will contribute its Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) standards-based portlet container and portlet library to the JBoss Portal project.
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=8
OPEN SOURCE BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, APRIL 5-6: The Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), an event focusing on the business, legal, and venture funding aspects of Open Source, will be held in San Francisco on April 5-6. OSBC will feature keynotes, presentations, and panels from some of the leading Open Source visionaries and companies. Conference tracks include Enterprise Strategy, Emerging Opportunities, CIO - IT Executive, and Intellectual Property. [Editor's Note: EOSJ will be attending the conference - we hope to see you there!]
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=6
SUN PLANS TO OPEN SOURCE ITS JAVA ENTERPRISE SYSTEM SOFTWARE: Jonathan Schwartz, President and COO of Sun Microsystems, plans to Open Source their Java Enterprise System software in the near future, according to a recent interview with Information Week. This announcement, along with its recent Open Solaris announcement, would position Sun as "the single largest contributor to the open-source movement on the planet", according to Schwartz. Sun's Java Enterprise System is an infrastructure software suite including network identity, web, application, communication, and portal services, currently available at a per-employee subscription price.
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=7
NOVELL MAKES OPEN SOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS AT BRAINSHARE 2005 USER CONFERENCE: At Novell's annual BrainShare user conference last week, the enterprise IT company made a number of Open Source announcements. These include an Open Source software partnership program, the establishment of an Open Source Technology Center, a Linux Small Business Suite, a Linux-based systems management application, and an expanded partnership with JBoss (see above). In addition, Novell CEO Jack Messman told the audience during his keynote address that they are in the process of migrating all of their 6,000 Windows desktops to Linux.
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=5
CENTOS PROVIDES OPEN SOURCE ENTERPRISE LINUX DISTRIBUTION: CentOS, a community project of Open Source contributors and users, has released an Enterprise Linux distribution, based on Red Hat's Enterprise Linux product. The goal of CentOS is to provide a no-cost, enterprise-class Linux distribution for customers unable or unwilling to pay for certification and support services. CentOS has recently released version 4 of its distribution, which includes the Linux 2.6 Kernel, and more recent versions of prominent Open Source software products.
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=9
GROUNDWORK CONTINUES RECENT TREND OF VENTURE FUNDING FOR OPEN SOURCE STARTUPS: GroundWork Open Source Solutions, an Open Source IT Management software company, has announced an $8.5 million Series B investment from Mayfield, augmenting an existing $4 million investment from Canaan Partners. GroundWork's product, GroundWork Monitor, is a network monitoring tool based on a number of Open Source products, including Nagios, Jetspeed, and MySQL. This news follows recent venture funding announcements from Optaros, SpikeSource, and OpenLogic.
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=10
PERSPECTIVES
A collection of Open Source editorials, opinions, and blog entries from around the world.
"Making a buck on open-source software" by Martin LaMonica
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=11
"Open-Source Fans Often Miss Business Basics" by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=12
"What is your open source business model?" by Dana Blankenhorn
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=13
ENTERPRISE OPEN SOURCE JOURNAL (EOSJ) is a new magazine focusing on the emergence of open source solutions in the enterprise.
Don’t miss the inaugural issue! It will feature articles contributed by industry experts who have first-hand knowledge and experience with the challenges, justifications, successes, and failures of implementing open source solutions in the enterprise. To give you a feel for the editorial content of the first issue, check out two of the articles below:
“Finding Integration in an Open Source Stack” by Michael Goulde. Since support is one of the leading barriers to open source adoption, read about a new open source business model that promises to address enterprise customer requirements.
“Mission Critical Applications on Open Source: It’s Just a Matter of Time!” by Bob Violino. At a growing number of enterprises, open source products are not only acceptable but have become the preferred technology for a variety of applications. Read how Boeing, Circuit City, and several others are adopting open source solutions.
Subscriptions to EOSJ are FREE WORLDWIDE to qualified applicants. We invite you to subscribe today by going to: http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=20
UPCOMING EVENTS
Open Source Business Conference (OSBC)
San Francisco, CA, USA
April 5-6, 2005
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=14
MySQL Users Conference
Santa Clara, CA, USA
April 18-21, 2005
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=15
International PHP Conference 2005 Spring Edition
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 2-4, 2005
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=16
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo (Italy)
Milan, Italy
May 24-25, 2005
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=17
The LinuxWorld New York Summit
New York, NY
May 25-26, 2005
http://www.eosj.com/ccount/click.php?id=18
WIT & WISDOM
* Bad habits are like comfortable beds--easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
* Why do scientists call it research when they're looking for something new?
* If you look like your passport photo you need the trip.
* Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.
* Fortune does not change men it unmasks them.
TRIVIA
* The deepest of the five Great Lakes is Lake Superior. Its lowest point is 1332 feet deep, almost enough to submerge the Sears Tower.
* The hottest days of summer were named "the dog days" by people in the Mediterranean regions, where the hottest days occurred near the time of year of the conjunction of Sirius, the dog star, and the Sun.
* In 1968, Douglas C. Engelbart invented the "X-Y Position for a Display System", which is a prototype for the computer mouse. It was not popularized until Apple used it in 1984.
* In October 1994, Jeff Bezos wanted to name his new Web venture "Cadabra" as in "abracadabra." But his attorney convinced him that this magical moniker sounded a bit too much like "cadaver." He end up naming it Amazon.com.
* What do Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Dostoyevsky have in common? They all had epilepsy.
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Bob Thomas, Publisher
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