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Since Stackato’s launch in May, we've watched with interest as Stackato beta testers mixed and matched their favorite languages, web frameworks and databases to create new applications and migrate existing ones.

We're pleased to announce that we've acquired Phenona, a Perl PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) cloud company based in Seattle, WA.

Want to get started using Python in the Cloud?

In the December ActiveState Newsletter Quick Poll, we asked our readers about their open source use and policies.

92% of developers surveyed use open source in their personal development--but what about corporate use of open source?

Of those surveyed, almost 85% work in a corporate environment.

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ActivePerl already includes many modules for common tasks like accessing databases, using network services, parsing XML files, compressing and decompressing data, or creating GUI applications.

With the recent rise in software copyright claims filed (such as Oracle’s lawsuit against Google for copyright/patent infringement related to Java), companies are realizing more than ever that indemnification protection against costly lawsuits is important.

We have recently rejuvinated ActiveState Code and it's ready for public consumption.  ActiveState Code (together with the ActiveState Community site) is ActiveState's developer community site.

As promised, here's the slidedeck from my recent OSCON2010 presentation.

Two times in June this year, ActiveState hosted legal webinars from expert open source lawyers to discuss some of the main legal issues surrounding open source.