[General] 10 open source companies to watch

[bashar abdullah]

Fascinating list.
Thanks

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Mohammed Al-Essa <alessm at gmail.com> wrote:

> With the Open Source Conference (OSCon) and IDG's LinuxWorld show in
> the rearview mirror of 2008, it is clear that open source is no longer
> just a trendy conversation.
>
> What has happened is a clear evolution of a community that has grown
> up and produced intelligent, cutting-edge technologies with an eye on
> making computing faster, smarter and cheaper for corporate users.
> Companies like Openmoko are challenging the mobile device market with
> its notion that users should control what applications are installed.
> Others like XAware and SnapLogic are opening up data integration
> possibilities, and still more are tangling with virtualization,
> databases, and trading systems. Along with a company accurately called
> Untangle, the companies' point is to make computing less complex.
>
> The decision is no longer a question of open source, but about what
> product is best at solving computing problems regardless of how it was
> built.
>
> Here is a look at 10 companies to watch.
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/090208-open-to-watch.html
>
> __________
> Other news:
>
> Google unveils Chrome source code and Linux port.
>
> Google has officially released its new Chrome web browser. In
> conjunction with the release, Google has also launched Chromium, an
> open-source software project that enables third-party developers to
> study, modify, extend, and redistribute the underlying source code of
> the Chrome browser.
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/09/02/google-unveils-chrome-source-code-and-linux-port
>
> Android Challenge winners push location awareness
>
> Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) have announced the final
> winners for part one of the Android Developer Challenge. The OHA
> granted ten $275,000 awards and ten $100,000 awards for the best
> applications created for the Linux- and Java-based Android mobile
> phone platform.
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5624605378.html?kc=rss
>
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