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Here's how Soltero sees the open source movement evolving. What do you see as the more pressing challenges and opportunities for open source given the current tech climate? 

As part of the agreement, MySQL will resell Jasper for MySQL: OEM Edition, a repackaging of JasperSoft's reporting tools, to its commercial independent software vendor (ISV) and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers. 

With $12.5 million committed from investors, Silver Peak Systems Inc., a maker of devices for managing network connections with branch offices, said that it is exiting stealth mode. Rick Tinsley, president and chief executive of Silver Peak, said that the committed financing includes $8. 

First, MySQL has a unique position at the juncture of two of my abiding interests, open source and Web 2.0. As I wrote in the quote that I provided for the press release: "The platforms powering the Web today are the enterprise infrastructure of tomorrow. 

The idealim behind the runaway success of Linux is giving way to a mature search for ways to make it profitable, writes Richard Waters. Forget the idealistic claims. These days the opensource software movement is all about making money.