Jeff Gould

July 1, 2009

Oracle, do the right thing, set Java free

To nearly everyone’s surprise, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has thrown a last-minute banana peel in front of Larry Ellison’s bid to buy Sun and Java.
Oracle is about to acquire Sun’s monumental collection of Java intellectual property rights. This includes the patents and copyrights to the code embodied in the Java platform editions (EE, SE and ME) and in dozens of critical Java standards (JSRs) associated with the platforms, as well as the all-important test suites (JCKs and TCKs) that determine what software can claim compatibility with these standards and thus receive these IP rights.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Java community to wrest some concessions from the new owner of Java before the deal is set in stone.

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23Jan

Microsoft will manage XenServer and Presentation Server, Citrix will broker Hyper-V

DateJanuary 23, 2008

By Alessandro Perilli (Virtualization.info)
Microsoft announced that both Citrix platforms, XenServer and Presentation server, will be managed by System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). At the same time Citrix announced that its new connection broker, XenDesktop, will support upcoming Hyper-V as virtualization host. Additionally Citrix announced that it's working on a V2V migration tool able to seamlessly move virtual machines between Hyper-V and XenServer.
A major news for Microsoft customers considering that SCVMM will also manage VMware platforms.
Over time it appears evident how the Microsoft strategy is to surround VMware through massive partnerships focused on virtualization: with Novell, with Citrix and recently with Sun. Maybe this is why Oracle CEO says VMware is the next Netscape.

http://www.virtualization.info/2008/01/microsoft-will-manage-xenserver-and.html

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