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Open Source Cloud: WaveMaker Makes Surfable Waves

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Roberto Galoppini
on January 13, 2010
in Commercial OSS
. 1 Comment

Few days ago WaveMaker announced profitability, showing an increase on sales by over 53% in the latest quarter, eventually showing the world that the cloud is a given, and not a prediction.
Chris Keene, WaveMaker CEO, gave me some background information on how the WaveMaker open source framework later became an open cloud development platform.
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Open Source Licenses: EUPL got OSI Approval, but Still Doesn’t Show Up

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Roberto Galoppini
on March 20, 2009
in Europe eGov and Licenses
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The Open Source Initiative board, after visiting the European Commission, has finally approved the European Union Public license on the 4th of March.

The EUPL 1.1 - the revisited version of the EUPL 1.0 including recommended modifications resulting from the OSI discussion - is supported by  the EUPL community. Stakeholders can share opinions and pose questions through the EUPL forums and blog.

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Roberto has over 20 years experience in the computer industry, and has spent the last 10 years working in the intersection of open source software and business development. Roberto has taken an active interest in different open source projects and organizations, he also served on some advisory boards, and helped large IT vendors, open source vendors and customers to design and deploy their open source strategies. He works at SourceForge, and opinions expressed here don't necessarily represent employer's positions, strategies, or opinion.