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What's Next for Google Wave

Google Wave Developer Blog: Wave open source next steps:  Wave in a Box

Google Wave is kind of like the Snuggie. You either immediately see its genius or can't figure out why anyone would bother. When Google announced plans last month to shut down development of Wave and open source its code for anyone who wants it, some users were crushed while others just yawned. If you fall into the I love Wave camp, then you'll be glad to know the Google Wave team has new plans for the now defunct project.



In the Oracle/Google Dust-up, Open Spirit Matters

Just the other day, we were considering what impact on enterprises the dust-up between Google and Oracle may have. In case, you?ve been trapped under a rock for the past couple of weeks, Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google claiming that it inappropriately modified aspects of the Java code. Now, Google?considered by many to be extremely friendly to open source, especially among large tech companies?has pledged to pull out of the big Java One conference, which tends to have news full of relevance for enterprises and smaller businesses alike. Meanwhile, some observers are claiming that Google may indeed be in the wrong in the case.? But isn?t Oracle pushing a questionable agenda?

 



How Do Google's Free Phone Calls Impact Chrome OS?

Yesterday, to much fanfare, Google announced that users of Gmail will be able to make and receive free phone calls from their computers, communicating with phones. There were a lot of interpretations of the move, but?as was true when Google Voice arrived?it?s almost certainly another reason why carriers should be afraid of Google. Many people are asking how close to the phone company Google can become. One less discussed aspect of Google?s latest move, though, is how it may influence Google?s much awaited, soon to arrive Chrome OS.

 



Who Tops the Evil Tech List?

Which is the most evil tech company these days? In the past, not just due to the company's dust-up with the Department of Justice but because of allegations of anti-competitive behavior that long predated that, many people would have immediately answered Microsoft. Notably, though, a recent poll by TechSource, the results of which are viewable here, shows that Microsoft is well down the list of companies perceived to be evil. Guess who is number one.


Is OpenOffice Next In Oracle's Proprietary Plan?

With Oracle's lawsuit against Google regarding parts of the Java code used in the Android OS drawing interpretation of many different kinds, many of the best columns I'm seeing about it conclude the same thing that we have: Oracle's open source credibility will be forever tarnished.? Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth has said as much. Many analysts are seeing that the implications of Oracle's suit stretch far beyond the issue it has with Android. And, as the Acrossad.org blog notes, the OpenOffice suite of open source productivity applications is the next software asset that Oracle oversees to worry about.


Why Google Should Make Its Own Tablets

Google's Nexus One smartphone, which it has pulled the plug on as an ongoing commercial offering, was originally produced through a collaboration with Google and HTC to give a spark to the fledgling Android platform. This effort was a success, and there are stories appearing saying that Google may have designs on spurring a market for tablets based on Android and Chrome OS. JKOnTheRun has three reasons Google should repeat the Nexus One process in the tablet space with both Android and Chrome OS. Check them out here.


Android: Amidst the Controversy, More Resources Keep Arriving

If you use an Android-based smartphone, you've probably been keeping up with news of Oracle's suit against Google for parts of Java used in the mobile OS, but you're probably also increasingly aware that the application landscape for Android just gets better and better. Just this week, Adobe moved its Flash 10.1 release out of beta and onto Google's Android Market, which means that Android users will have access to a huge array of multimedia offerings all around the web. Also, Datamation is out with 75 top Android apps--a collection worth digging into.


How Will Oracle's Suit Against Google Influence Enterprises?

Now that Oracle's lawsuit against Google regarding parts of the Java code used in the Android OS is widely discussed, many people seem to be waking up to the fact that the implications stretch far beyond the suit itself. We've already made the point that the suit represents a classic example of how maneuvers by a proprietary software company around an open (or in the case of Java, largely open) platform points to problems for all of open source. How, specifically, is the whole open source landscape threatened, though? What do IT administrators think of the whole thing?

 



Oracle's Ability To Shake Open Source Goes Beyond Java

In the wake of Oracle's suit against Google over parts of Java code in Android, Oracle looks increasingly like open source's number one enemy, but most analysis of the situtation seems to stop at the dispute over the mobile Android OS. Let's not forget that Oracle acquired a huge portfolio of open source assets when it acquired Sun Microsystems. Through that acquisition, Oracle's influence over everything from the OpenOffice suite to Java hangs in the balance, and there are now excellent reasons to question the company's intentions.


The Oracle/Google Suit Is the Anti-Open Move Of the Year

Late Thursday, Oracle filed a complaint for patent and copyright infringement against Google, regarding parts of the Java code found in Google's Android mobile OS. The suit is drawing many interpretations, but one thing that seems very clear about it is that Oracle is doing exactly what developers were hoping it wouldn't do as it swallowed up Sun Microsystems. Oracle clearly sees Java as a platform--one it wants to have a moat around--and this suit could be the first of several regarding Java.? The suit is the anti-open move of the year.


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