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	Novell, Red Hat prevail in user-interface patent case Two open-source-software companies successfully thwart a patent infringement case Read More WEBCAST: Flexera Software Best Practices for Building Linux Installers Linux developers, stop building RPM packages that don't install properly. Watch this Webinar to learn how to build professional Linux installers fast that install your applications reliably on Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, and more.Learn how the world's biggest software companies are building error-free installers for their Linux applications. Listen Today In this Issue Agencies struggle to meet Obama's Open Government Directive Metasploit's HD Moore from (almost) rags to (not quite) riches Even the 'worst' open government plans include open source It's Apple, Microsoft vs. Google, Mozilla over HTML5 Lower compliance costs with open source tools Measuring your Company's Open Source Maturity: A Quiz The Kettle Answers Back Joomla!, Microsoft cite joint agreement as a new stage in open-source relations Android in 2013: Open Source Open Source scales better so the cloud needs it A source for your open source news WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More Agencies struggle to meet Obama's Open Government Directive An audit of efforts by government agencies to meet the Obama administration's Open Government Directive found some agencies have created strong plans while others are having problems. Read More Metasploit's HD Moore from (almost) rags to (not quite) riches Open Source Subnet blog: Last week, I got on the phone with HD Moore to ask him how things have been going since he sold Metasploit to Rapid7, sending the open source security world into a frenzy some six months ago. Read More Even the 'worst' open government plans include open source Amy Vernon: An independent group released its rankings for U.S. government agencies' open government plans and said Treasury, Defense, Management and Budget, Energy and Justice had the weakest plans of the lot. NASA came out smelling like a rose. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Solve Data Needs: BIRT Defined This webcast will give you a primer on BIRT including the technology and the community. BIRT can help you overcome the challenge of delivering accurate and meaningful data to users while minimizing IT development efforts. Learn more today! It's Apple, Microsoft vs. Google, Mozilla over HTML5 Alan Shimel: As I wrote about earlier, there has been a horse race going on about which video codecs will be supported by HTML5. Now it is turning into a tag team match, with Apple and Microsoft on one side and Google and Mozilla on the other. Read More Lower compliance costs with open source tools Ben Whaley: Compliance is difficult and expensive. This is a lesson that enterprise technology leadership has learned through painful years of vendor webcasts promising the moon but delivering buggy products and subpar support. Read More Measuring your Company's Open Source Maturity: A Quiz Kim Weins: As companies become more comfortable with open source software, they naturally mature through four stages in open source adoption: Prevent, Manage, Embrace, Transform. Take this simple quiz to find out what stage your company is in. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! The Kettle Answers Back Alan Shimel: Adobe's CEO Shantanu Narayen responded to Steve Jobs open letter today. He refuted Steve Jobs' claims calling them patently false. Read More Joomla!, Microsoft cite joint agreement as a new stage in open-source relations Amy Vernon: Microsoft seems to be everywhere open source is lately. The latest is an agreement with Joomla. Read More Android in 2013: Open Source Mark Murphy: This post wraps up the Android in 2013 series, covering where Android's possible future. This last segment focuses on open source, the spark of much interest at Android's public outset and the cause of much angst in the years since. Read More Open Source scales better so the cloud needs it Alan Shimel: In order for cloud computing to truly succeed and reach the lofty heights some project for it, it will take the scalability of open source. So said another way, only open source can save the cloud. Read More A source for your open source news This newsletter includes the latest blogs from Open Source Subnet. 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