OEM Deal Extends Reach Of Hyperic Open-Source Management Tool

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| Hyperic, a developer of open-source Web infrastructure management software,
| continues to spin its own Web of alliances. After launching a common services
| platform project with Linux vendor Red Hat earlier this year, Hyperic has
| struck a deal to build its systems management API into Terracotta's
| open-source Java clustering software.    
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http://www.crn.com/software/207800443

New summary on the FOSS vs OSS debate:

When is Open Open? And When is Open Closed?

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| Frankly, it strikes me a philosophical divide akin to the one that exists
| between the Apache camp, which favors permissive licensing terms, and the
| FSF, which advocates reciprocal-style alternatives. Not solely in the depth
| of the divide, in fact, but also in its persistence.  
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http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/05/19/organic_opensource/

Recent:

How open is your open source vendor?

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| If vendors are not proactive about writing and publishing declarative
| statements about their open source involvement, they may find that community
| users start judging them on the community’s terms. From Milking the GNU comes
| the suggestion that a new independent organization could be formed to judge
| vendors that claim to be open source on a number of criteria, such as patent
| policy, business model and development model.    
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/05/19/how-open-is-your-o...
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