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Reseller News > Red Hat CEO: VMware our biggest competitor
“In two or three years, Whitehurst predicts, virtualisation and cloud tools will still be a minority of Red Hat‘s revenue, compared to subscription fees of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, though it will be a “substantial” minority of the revenue by then.
On Tuesday, Red Hat reported gains in both revenue and net income for its fiscal 2011 first quarter. It reported net income of US$24.1 million — up from $18.5 million a year earlier — and revenue of $209 million, of which $179 million was from subscription revenue. ”
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An overview on Googles Chrome OS – by Mark Standland – Helium
“Chrome OS is an open source (the source code is open for all to see and can even be changed and added to) operating system built on a Linux kernel that in comparison to its Windows and Mac OS counterparts is more lightweight which lowers the demands of the specs of the computer running it and giving it a faster boot time making it very use-able on netbooks.” -
WXXI: Open-Source Transparency Project Announces Advisory Board (2010-06-28)
“The CIVX website aggregates state and federal data in an attempt to make public information more user-friendly. “
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Has Oracle been a disaster for Sun’s open source? – The H Open Source: News and Features
“It would probably be unfair to characterise Oracle’s running of Sun’s open source projects as a disaster – at least, for the moment; but as the above shows, there are plenty of grounds for concern, both in terms of how the code is being developed, and the happiness or otherwise of developers and users. Whether buying Sun will prove to be a smart move in the long term depends critically on how smartly Larry Ellison and his managers can address these issues. They also need to start to think more seriously about how Oracle can contribute to Sun’s open source products, and not just the other way around.”
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New APIs for Mozilla’s JetPack: tabs, selection and Ajax – The H Open Source: News and Features
“Only about a month after releasing JetPack 0.4, Mozilla has issued the next version of its new plug-in technology framework. Its new features include, for example, interfaces for accessing browser tabs and current text selections and support for automatically translating character strings.”
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