I could not continue to simply sit by and watch the ongoing delay by the EU with regards to the Oracle/Sun Microsystems deal. I’ve sent the following letter to Neelie Kroes, commissioner for competition, EU, and wanted to share it here as well.  Your comments are welcome.
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Attention: Neelie Kroes
Commissioner for Competition
European Union
I’m writing to urge [...]

Substantial advancements are underway proving that open source software, at every level of the stack, is becoming mainstream in the U.S. Federal Government. Speaking at this week’s GOSCON Conference in Washington, the acting DoD CIO, David Wennergren, spoke about the new departmental understanding that open source software which manifests in commercial form is legitimate and [...]