CLOUD 9, THE CLOUD®, April 1 2009 (CCT): Today, major cloud vendors, in conjunction with the Free Software Foundation (FSF), announced the imminent creation of the Free™ and Open™ Cloud Alliance™ (FOCA), an industry-wide trade marketing association supporting Free™ and Open™ Cloud Computing™ (FOCC). The group also pre-announced the release of a new license for cloud computing, the "CloudLeft Public License (CPL)". The event coincides with the close of the Cloud Computing Expo in New York City. Full details will be available next Monday.
... "In the past, I've said that 'cloud' is complete gibberish, but while discussing fashion during my weekly squash game with Stallman he convinced me that this was a great opportunity. It's not often that a vendor group devoid of products can so easily and quickly get the marketing upper hand, and by partnering with the FSF, we should be able to get the free software community completely on board with us" said Larry Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Oracle™. "I'm really excited about working more with Stallman, " he added. "I've always been a supporter of the Free™ software movement, and being able to play a key role in the creation of a new license is very important to me. This should be a great way to level the playing field -- even small players like retail booksellers can get involved." More at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxr5cbn_03ghsr8ft -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
