European Commission reaction to Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems has stoked a tricky debate: can open-source software live up to its populist traditions?

Oracle will make its case as to why the proposed Sun merger should go through in three weeks.

Some people are disappointed that Google's Chrome plans don't include a head-to-head fight for the desktop with Windows. They shouldn't be. Google has a far more interesting way to battle Microsoft in mind.

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November 21, 2009, 12:05 pm

How is it we can know the weight of a person's soul* but not be able to measure the success of a piece of individual FOSS software with the truly compelling metrics needed to satisfy and influence enterprise adopters and governments.  A recent report (26th August 2009) by IDC indicat...