A troll called called Rotatable claimed a patent monopoly on the use of rotating mobile screen displays. Rackspace won a victory for everyone by destroying its patent. Read more »
On this week’s Structure Show, Facebook’s James Pearce and how the new TODO group can help people better maintain and manage open source software after it’s released. Read more »
Server Density, which already monitors servers in AWS, Rackspace and IBM SoftLayer clouds, now adds Google to the mix as the search giant turns up the heat on partner recruitment. Read more »
Rackspace took itself off the block, but don’t expect the acquisitions (and acqui-hires) in cloud to stop. Latest example: Cisco’s announced plans to buy OpenStack player Metacloud. Read more »
Now that the deal’s done, here comes the nitty gritty. Did HP buy Eucalyptus to get the keys to the Amazon Web Services kingdom? Or is it an aqui-hire? Read more »