Funding for OpenGamma. Riptano becomes OpenStax. And more.
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# OpenGamma raised $6m series B funding.
# Apache Cassandra-supporter Riptano changed its name to DataStax and has added 50 customers in 6 months.
# WANdisco acquired the SVNForum.org Subversion user community.
# Univa hired the principal engineers from the Grid Engine team, will publish a Univa version of Grid Engine before the end of Q1.
# Internap Network Services launched Internap XIPCloud Storage, based on OpenStack.
# Talend appointed Ross Turk as its senior director of community.
# Foursquare released two open source development tools.
# The GNOME Foundation is looking for a new executive director.
# We are buying open source but are we engaging, asked Ross Gardler.
# The Economist reviewed some recent research on open source software that disputes conventional wisdom.
# Nexenta Systems joined the Open Invention Network as a licensee.
# The Scala research group announced that they won a 5 year European Research Grant of over 2.3m euros.
# Henrik Ingo offered a reminder, via Mark Schonewille, of how the GPL applies to MySQL use cases.
# Bertrand Delacretaz explained how the Apache Foundation delivers sustainable open source innovation.
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