links for 2007-04-11

Open Sources | InfoWorld | Oregon Dept of Human Services turns to open source (SugarCRM) | April 10, 2007 02:13 PM | By Matt Asay

“The same day Crowell and other IT staffers met with OMAP staff, senior systems architect Kurtis Danka searched Google for the terms ‘open source’ and ‘CRM.’ ” – this is why it’s important that Sugar be allowed to brand themselves as open source

(tags: opensource SugarCRM CRM)
WebMink

QoTD: “When we hear the RIAA and their cronies moaning about how downloads are killing their industry, they are right and we are cheering.”

(tags: SimonPhipps DRM RIAA KateWalsh economics sales)
BruceBlog

i think this is a terrific acquisition for Iona, and Bruce is pleased from his end – should be interesting

(tags: LogicBlaze IONA M&A BruceSnyder)
Open Letter to Sun Microsystems – JCK – The Apache Software Foundation

here’s the letter; already wrote this up, so see the blog for comments

(tags: openletter Apache Sun opensource JCK legal licensing)