“This week saw the arrival of the latest 2.6.35 Linux kernel,
Illumos launched an OpenSolaris derivative aimed at creating an
open source baseline for future distributions and the code for the
AppArmor security extension was integrated into the latest
development branch of the kernel. Google announced it was
discontinuing Wave and a survey by Accenture showed that investment
in open source is on the rise. Reports from research firm Canalys
showed that worldwide shipments of smartphones running Google’s
Android OS increased by 886% in Q2, ACCESS joined the Open Handset
Alliance founded by Google and the Software Freedom Conservancy won
a default judgement against several GPL violators.“NPD reported that Android devices are now outselling BlackBerry
in the US, AndroLib reported that the AnrdoidMarket surpassed
100,000 apps and Google confirmed that nearly 60% of all Android
phones are now running version 2.1 of the OS. sonnes GmbH released
GraphDB 1.1 for the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform, SugarCRM
delivered its set of open source test tools, odt2braille brought
Braille support to the OpenOffice.org office suite and the Drupal
Commons 1.0 open source social networking tool for enterprises was
announced.”
The H Week – Linux 2.6.35, CSI:Internet episode 4
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