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	Fedora 13 beta released with many goodies for the enterprise Open Source Subnet blog: The popular Linux distribution, Fedora 13, has been released to its final beta and is chock full of features for enterprise use. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Novell / Microsoft Microsoft, Novell & VTI Technologies VTI puts Windows & Novell interoperability to work Click to continue In this Issue Can Open Source Defeat the Scourge of Tuberculosis? Very cool: Riverbed and Vyatta partner for all-in-one router, WAN appliance  The future of MySQL according to Oracle Educating on open source: Not as easy as it seems Could designer bras be a natural fit for crowdsourcing? Is Oracle Sailing the $7B Sun Ship Onto the Rocks? VoIP service provider Ooma joins Linux patent protection club VC funding for open source software is down, not out Canonical's newest Linux operating system to be released April 29 IBM Goes From the Sublime To The Ridiculous On Patents and Open Source Microsoft's Open Source Cowboy Takes the Reins of CoApp NSF funding creation of secure new OS Richard Stallman sees red over Digital Economy Bill Songbird abandoning Linux isn't such a horrible thing From Open Source Subnet WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Peace Corp: Creating a worldwide unified network Learn how the Peace Corp made its unified network a reality after selecting and deploying cost-effective WAN optimization gear. One of the key factors was selecting a platform that integrated with its existing network spanning 70 countries. The result is dramatically improved performance and significant cost savings. Learn More Can Open Source Defeat the Scourge of Tuberculosis? Alan Shimel: The Open Source Drug Discovery Project is applying open source principles to smash barriers and accelerate drug research for diseases like TB which still kills 1.7 million people a year. Read More Very cool: Riverbed and Vyatta partner for all-in-one router, WAN appliance  Larry Chaffin: Since last summer, we have been combining Vyatta router software and Riverbed WAN acceleration for some of our customers, but as of today the two vendors announced a deal to run Vyatta on the Riverbed Steelhead. Read More The future of MySQL according to Oracle Chief architect Screven says MySQL matters and has advantages that Oracle Database does not Read More Educating on open source: Not as easy as it seems Amy Vernon: One of the primary problems for the open source community is a lack of understanding of what open source really entails, and that comes down to education. Read More Could designer bras be a natural fit for crowdsourcing? Phil Odence: With last week's launch of Fashion Stake, a crowdsource fashion company, I become even more convinced that crowdsourcing is not getting the attention it deserves. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. Is Oracle Sailing the $7B Sun Ship Onto the Rocks? Alan Shimel: Is Larry Ellison driving the good ship Sun onto the rocks? From the steady exodus  of former Sun senior executives and open source advocates, one has to wonder. Read More VoIP service provider Ooma joins Linux patent protection club Open Source Subnet blog: An organization created to protect Linux vendors from patent trolls has scored a new member, consumer VoIP device provider Ooma. Read More VC funding for open source software is down, not out Amy Vernon: Despite an unsteady worldwide economy, venture capital investment in open source software projects did better than expected last year — and seed funding even grew year over year in the fourth quarter. Read More Canonical's newest Linux operating system to be released April 29 Open Source Subnet blog: On April 29 Canonical will release Ubuntu 10.04 LTS geared for the data center and private clouds. Read More IBM Goes From the Sublime To The Ridiculous On Patents and Open Source Alan Shimel: Well IBM has responded to the firestorm that ensued from its asserting its patent protection against a small French open source start up, TurboHercules. However, its response casts IBM in moving from the sublime to the ridiculous.  Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Microsoft's Open Source Cowboy Takes the Reins of CoApp Alan Shimel: Garret Serack at the Microsoft Open Source Technology Center has announced that he is heading up a new open source project called CoApp. Read More NSF funding creation of secure new OS Alpha Doggs: Windows, Mac OS and even Linux don't quite cut it when it comes to security in the eyes of University of Illinois at Chicago researchers, who are building an operating system from scratch designed to safeguard computers and applications. Read More Richard Stallman sees red over Digital Economy Bill Open source campaigner Richard Stallman has taken a pop at the Digital Economy Bill (DEB), slating the UK government for "slavishly obeying the record companies." Read More Songbird abandoning Linux isn't such a horrible thing Amy Vernon: The complaints about Songbird dumping support for Linux came fast and furious - but were from a true minority of Songbird users, it turns out. 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