Red Hat ends speculation, buys JBoss
Who says Open source is free? Certainly not Red Hat, which just announced they would pay up to $420 million for JBoss. Here's a transcript of the press conference this morning.
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Ed Burnette
Ed Burnette is a software industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a programmer, author, and speaker. He has written numerous technical articles and books, most recently "Hello, Android: Introducing Google's Mobile Development Platform" from the Pragmatic Programmers.
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