No, this is not a joke. Open source heros can be found at Microsoft. Can they ‘replace’ Bill Gates with their super powers?…yawn…
Microsoft always has a way to try and ‘beat’ competition in their business. Can’t beat them? Join them and try to change the way the competition runs the business…
Join them here Microsoft Open Source Heros
But I rather be a normal Open Source Hero
SAP is part of new investors in companies Greenplum and Alfresco. Nothing shocking except that those two companies are into Open Source Software. Both company provide services and support for companies that are using their open source software.
As for SAP, they own their proprietary ERP system. So this move to invest in Open Source companies means that SAP sees the value of those companies in future!
Another goal scored for the Open Source Systems!
To me, MySQL been a awesome database system. Some say the most popular database in the Open Source Community. In cases some of you don’t know, Wordpress is using MySQL as the default database to store your blog contents and facebook uses it as well. The acquisition is said to approximately $1 billion and will strengthen Sun in the online Web database portfilo.
I am neither happy nor sad. This happens when a company like MySQL proves to be successful to attract attention of the big boys. I hope that SUN will provide the same open source spirit that make MySQL so successful and well love by developers.
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