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links for 2008-05-09

• Do we need to protect open source from the cloud?
  Gordon's argument here will warm the hearts of Apache activists, but I suspect Free software fundamentalists will still demand more protections. I'm in the middle; it takes both stick and carrot, in my view.
  (tags: Cloud SaaS OpenSource Illuminata licensing FOSS)
• How to get OpenJDK 6 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  What a week! OpenJDK 6 is now in Ubuntu, Fedora AND RHEL. Totally delighted.
  (tags: Java OpenJDK Linux)
• Metrics
  "Accurate numbers aren't any more useful than ones you make up."
  (tags: Humour Dilbert)
• OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Features
  Huge congratulations to the OpenOffice.org team on this milestone. I am especially excited to see a high-quality native Mac version included on release day. Is that the first LGPLv3 software for the Mac?
  (tags: OpenOffice.org OpenOffice osx OpenSource FOSS Mac)
• Presenter Screen for OpenOffice.org 3
  Oh excellent, this is the one feature I missed from Keynote. Can't wait for it to be ready.
  (tags: OpenOffice OpenOffice.org)