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From the recent spate of open source project acquisitions by large software vendors to the increasingly popular model of offering paid ?enterprise? versions of open source software, we?ve all noticed the changes in the open source community. Some consider these trends part of the maturing of the open source software market, while others view these trends as potentially dangerous to fundamental open source concepts.

For those who are worried, things may have just gotten a little worse. Adobe?s announcement of its AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) platform for Linux is the case in point.

Adobe and RealNetworks are backing Intel's move to put Linux on Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and will offer versions of AIR and RealPlayer for Linux.....Have you looked into Magento, the open source e-commerce platform?.....Open source mobile operating systems based on the Linux kernel may become widely adopted, says Internetnews.com.....Do open source applications have a bright future in SaaS (Software as a Service) products?.....