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Linux distributor Red Hat said on Monday that it has signed an agreement to buy open-source company JBoss for at least US$350 million, a move that expands Red Hat's product line and adds to its growth potential.
Oracle said on Tuesday that it has acquired open-source database company Sleepycat Software for an undisclosed sum.
Start-up SourceLabs announced a partnership on Thursday with Oracle to stress-test popular open-source infrastructure software components on Oracle's Java application server.
Sun Microsystems has raised the possibility that it might offer customers its own database, a move that could trigger displeasure at Oracle but curry favor with open-source advocates.
Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
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