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IT Management Linux News for Dec 21, 2007
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So Long, And Thanks for All the Quotes (Dec 21, 2007, 23:30)
Editor's Note: "Somebody needs to send a memo
to all of the corporations in the Western world: what's with all
the big announcements this week...?"
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Can an Airline Exec Run Red Hat? You’d Be Surprised (Dec 21, 2007, 20:30)
Between the Lines: "When former Delta Airlines
chief operating officer James Whitehurst takes over as CEO of Red
Hat on New Year's Day he'll face the worst kind of doubters--the
quiet ones..."
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MySQL in the Firing Line Again as IBM Snaps Up SolidDB (Dec 21, 2007, 19:00)
451 CAOS Theory: "The aqcuisition also has
implications for MySQL given Solid's development of the SolidDB for
MySQL engine, an optional replacement for InnoDB (also of course
acquired by Oracle)..."
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2007: Open Source, Patents, SCO, And More (Dec 21, 2007, 17:30)
internetnews.com: "2007 is a year that will
long be remembered in the open source and Linux communities. It was
a year in which the twin underpinnings of what makes open source
successful and what could serve to destroy it made the
headlines..."
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Red Hat Blows Out Its Q3: The Data Behind the Numbers (Dec 21, 2007, 14:30)
The Open Road: "The company reported a blow-out
third quarter, with total revenue of $135.4 million, an increase of
28% from the year ago quarter and 6% from the prior quarter..."
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Red Hat CEO Szulik Resigns (Dec 21, 2007, 13:45)
Roundup: In a surprise announcement in today's
Red Hat earnings call, Red Hat President and CEO Matthew Szulik has
announced his resignation effective January 1. News of the
announcement and a personal blog post from Szulik within.
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VC Funding for Open Source: A Tough Sell (Dec 21, 2007, 11:30)
LinuxInsider: "Open source software developers
who were active in the late 1990s might find themselves yearning
for those good old days, when venture capital flowed like wine at
Napa Valley party..."
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Changing the Rules of Enterprise Software: A Look at the Collaborative Software Initiative (Dec 21, 2007, 00:15)
The Open Road: "I spent some time on the phone
today with Mike Herrick of the Collaborative Software
Initiative..."
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