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“VA Software and IBM will announce a software partnership
Tuesday, a move that highlights the tricky entanglements of the
opposing open-source and proprietary programming philosophies.“VA Software will move its SourceForge repository of open-source
software projects to a foundation of proprietary IBM software, the
companies plan to announce at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
here. At the same time, VA will promote use of IBM’s DB2 and
WebSphere software for those employing a commercial version of the
SourceForge collaborative programming software.“VA Software’s shares surged by more than 50 percent on the
news, rising 42 cents to $1.24 in early trading…”