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Not 403: "But it's sad to see how Oracle after Sun acquisition, is slowly shutting down this amazing open source project, marking it as "not strategic" and dismembering the few parts they think are worth for their own SSO product."

Proffer alerts us to the bizarre story of how IMAX (last seen suing competitors and misleading people about what an IMAX film really is) is now threatening the folks behind the Sandy3D open source 3D flash engine.

Apparently, IMAX has some sort of 3D drawing system called SANDDE.

The latest episode of php|architect's "oddWeek" podcast has been released - oddWeek #003:

ScalaModules is an open source project aimed at providing fluent support for OSGi to Scala developers.

It takes advantage of Scala's infix operator notation, higher order functions, and implicit conversions.

ScalaModules transparently uses the Scala compiler to wrap an OSGi BundleContext with its own RichBundleContext model.

TechRepublic: "At one point in the lesson I brought up open source, and he nearly turned red saying, “Nothing is free.” That statement got me to thinking about free, open source, and open source projects.

He is right - nothing is free."

Linux User and Developer: "There are many open source project management applications out there, but if you are new to the task, GanttProject is a good place to start.

It strikes a perfect balance between ease of use and flexibility, offering all the essential features you would expect."

Open Source Strategies: "In the previous installment of An Open Source Business, we talked about how to determine if an open source project could also support a successful business.

Now let's look at how to build a successful commercial open-source project."

In this recent post to his blog Keith Casey looks at applying the Joel Test to an open source project he contributes largely to, web2project.

Enterprise Storage Forum: "Two years ago, Robert Love, a senior software engineer at Intel, unveiled a new open source project called Open-FCoE to the Linux community."

Harald Welte's blog: "While any open source release of formerly proprietary software is something I warmly welcome, I doubt that it will take of as an actual open source project."