Open Source Heroes: Brian Behlendorf
I can’t think of anyone who has had a more epic impact on the history of open source software than Brian Behlendorf. He’s the co-founder and/or board member of a raft of open source communities, including: Apache Group, which became the Apache Foundation Mozilla CollabNet Benetech Electronic Frontier Foundation He’s worked at the White House […]
Wig Wam Bam.
So, in perhaps one of the worst kept embargoes of 2012 to date, Citrix finally announces their intent to join the ASF (Apache Software Foundation) and “donate” the Cloudstack code to the open source community. Anyone with the requisite amount of brain cells to challenge algae could have seen this move coming and, despite it […]
Analysis: CloudStack Goes To Apache Foundation And Embraces AWS APIs
Citrix (previous CloudAve coverage) today announced that they are releasing CloudStack (previous CloudAve coverage) under Apache 2 License and it will now be part of the Apache Foundation. The project is supported by 30 ecosystem partners including NTT, Juniper Networks, Tata Communications, etc.. They also announced that they are embracing AWS API for interoperability. Already, […]
Oracle Donates OpenOffice.org To Apache: A Quick Analysis
Oracle, the database giant who bought Sun Microsystems, today announced that they are proposing to contribute OpenOffice.org code to Apache Foundation. With this move, Oracle hopes to get some positive karma from the open source community. “With today’s proposal to contribute theOpenOffice.org code to The Apache Software Foundation’s Incubator, Oracle continues to demonstrate its commitment […]
