techflash.com - 1/3/2009
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, an open source software support startup based in Seattle, has been sold to storage giant EMC for an undisclosed price, according to a source familiar with the deal. The evidence suggests it is true: The source said that some of the team has started working at EMC's Bellevue offices, where I ...
sourcelabs.com - 1/3/2009
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sourcelabs.com —
SourceLabs Support Suite for Linux & Open Source
Java helps you Discover, Identify and Solve faults, crashes,...
defects and other key system issues. The Support Suite for Linux & Open Source Java makes life easier for Systems Administrators, IT ...
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Technology for Better Open Source Support
news.cnet.com - 1/3/2009
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news.cnet.com —
TechFlash is reporting that EMC has purchased SourceLabs
for an undisclosed fee. The unanswered question in TechFlash...
's report is why EMC would buy SourceLabs, a provider of support tools for Linux and other open-source software. It's not that ...
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EMC reportedly buys SourceLabs, but for what purpose?
techcrunch.com - 1/3/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Looks like software giant EMC has acquired SourceLabs
, provider of a set of tools and services...
used to support open source software like Linux, at least according to TechFlash . The company sells subscriptions for enterprise support, maintenance, ...
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EMC Acquires SourceLabs, And With It Open Source ...
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EMC reportedly buys SourceLabs, but for what purpose?
The Open Road —
TechFlash is reporting that EMC has purchased SourceLabs for an undisclosed fee. The unanswered question in TechFlash 's report is why EMC would buy SourceLabs, a provider of support tools for Linux and other open-source software. It's not that SourceLabs isn't a good company. I have followed SourceLabs since its inception, meeting with founder and CEO Byron Sebastian back at OSCON (in 2003) before the company was founded in 2004, and spent some time in the SourceLabs office in 2004 getting a demo of its technology. It was cool back in 2004, and has improved ...
EMC Acquires SourceLabs, And With It Open Source Documentation Project SWiK
TechCrunch —
Looks like software giant EMC has acquired SourceLabs, provider of a set of tools and services used to support open source software like Linux, at least according to TechFlash.
The company sells subscriptions for enterprise support, maintenance, and upgrades for open source software, including SASH, offers a proprietary Open Source Management System and is also behind the wiki website SWiK, a community project that documents open source software.
The acquisition fee remains undisclosed, and like Matt Asay over at CNET, we’re not ...
EMC gets open source mojo cheap
Open Source —
Matt Asay is not alone in wondering why EMC bought Sourcelabs.
Sourcelabs will now be part of a new personal storage unit of EMC called Decho, under former Microsoft executive Harel Kodesh, who has done a blog post heralding his own appointment.
What’s the strategy?
Will the SASH stack now become the management center of Decho’s online backup service?
Will Sourcelabs survive?
Does Kodesh have a special task in mind for Sourcelabs CEO Byron Sebastian and his ...
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VentureBeat —
... EMC acquires open source support company: Storage giant EMC has purchased SourceLabs for undisclosed amount of money. SourceLabs provides a set of tools and services to support open source software such as Linux. Backers included Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Index Ventures. ...
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