“Moonlight Systems launches Monday with a plan to develop
packaged Linux applications and license the apps’ source code to
customers and partners. Founded by Oracle/E.piphany veteran Bobby
Mukherjee, the start-up is targeting ISPs, ASPs and Internet
start-ups and says it will roll out two product sets this
fall.”
“One product set will upgrade software on large Linux server
farms and will support Linux, Solaris and Windows NT. The other
product set will offer back-end software. The first offering is
hostable e-mail that will compete against open-source offerings
like Sendmail.“
“Moonlight will follow an open-source development model where
possible, using an open-source code base to develop applications
and encouraging customers and partners to contribute to Moonlight’s
code. The company has already acquired an open-source company–it
will not say which one–and is seeking more acquisitions.”