BPO companies in India

1. http://billedright.com/
2. http://gramarinfo.com/
3. http://uniquebposervices.com/
4. http://www.revenuexl.com/

SEC Edgar advanced search

http://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp?search_text=*&sort=ReverseDate&formType=FormD&isAdv=true&stemming=true&numResults=100&fromDate=02/01/2010&toDate=07/14/2010&numResults=100

You can get only 100 per page (or is it 1000)
It displays a maximum of 8000 per search
Data available only for 4 years back

ftp://ftp.sec.gov/edgar/README.txt

Using .gz seems to be the best archive.

vmware player - distributed teams: Interesting challenge & current thoughts

We have a person developing software in India for the client in the US. Indian team is developing in Windows (WAMP stack) while the US team is using it on Linux (LAMP stack). It could be trivial to have the Indian team to ensure no Windows specifics are used to develop the software. This is easy said than done if the Indian developer is short of resources (network) and having less professional experience (Kid out of school - or smart high school student).

Few alternate possible solutions and their challenges.

• Solution 1: Use vmware player on the US & Indian side so that both have good chance of seeing identical information.
• challenge1 for Solution 1: The Indian team still need to download (read as bandwidth i$$ue) vmware player & the virtual appliance.
• challenge2 for Solution 1: If the correct virtual appliance is not readily available, the system need to be created in one place (US?) and the virtual disk shipped to other location (storage + bandwidth restriction) - use free file transfer sites like YouSendIt. You might be limited to 100MB limit.
• Solution 2: Use WebEx for sharing other sites' screen and discuss.
• challenge 1 for Solution 2: WebEx probably don't come for free.
• challenge 2 for Solution 2: This assumes both parties getting oneline at the same time. Offline, independent verification is difficult with this method.
• Solution 3: Have each team take screen shots or record the screen as a proof of what they see.
• challenge 1 for Solution 3: This approach is good after the product stabilizes and there are few bugs that need fixing. Time consuming and limited use in the early stages.
  

Once we agree that vmware player will be used we still would have the challenge of syncing up the systems on 2 continents.

• Solution 4: Save the virtual disk and keep exchanging it between teams.
• challenge 1 for Solution 4: The virtual Disk can be super big for transfer and viewing incremental.
• Solution 5: Send only vmware disk incremental between teams.
• Challenge 1 for solution 5: Does vmware really provide this facility? Can this be plugged in?
  
• Solution 6: Install the OS on web drive (like free GMail drive) and have the 2 teams use the common data.
• Challenge 1 for solution 6: Still bandwidth can be a problem.
• Challenge 2 for solution 6: File name length, file type and file size can still be limited
• Challenge 3 for solution 6: When large files change, there can be a penalty on change update in terms of bandwidth.
  
• Solution 7: Install software and the engine (vmware player + linux) on local machine. Store the moving parts on remote storage like GMail drive.
• Challenge 1 for solution 7: high initial cost (time, effort & skill needed) to make this happen
• Challenge 2 for solution 7: Challenge 2 & 3 for solution 6 is applicable for this solution too
• We need encryption along with key sharing between remote teams for external storage.
• Solution for large file size in terms of MySQL - use text based database. This is ugly and probably wouldn't work when single table is larger.
• We need a true block level external storage device for managing larger file sizes.
  

'true' open source projects - 'talent management'

For corporations, there are many 'talent management' infrastructure. Examples, Recruiters, job portal, resume, interview, hiring etc. Do we have equivalent for 'true' open source projects?

By 'true', I mean the projects that are 100% funded by voluntary contributors. FireFox & Linux don't seem to fit this definition as there are 'paid' employees of corporate sponsors who contribute to these projects.

Why not a 'recruiter' by profession reach out to open source project teams for 'position requirements' and go out to get the candidate's 'resume' and sell them the 'project' encouraging them to contribute to the project. May be the 'projects' must reach out to the recruiters. Also, the recruiters must be able to announce that they had staffed for projects.

Torrey Path

Current Staff

1. Jill Valverde, Marketing Coordinator at Torrey Path
2. Sirimon O'Charoen, Senior Research Scientist at Torrey Path
3. Peter Dresslar, Founder and CEO, Torrey Path
4. Pam Chillinsky, Finance & Administration at Torrey Path , (Consulting @ ALSP, Inc.)
5. David J. Wild, Scientific Advisory Board Member
   

Former Employees

1. D. Jeff Milton, Product Development Manager & Founder now works as Bioinformatics Developer at Genentech
2. Shubhada Kulkarni, IT consultant at IBM
3. Laura Trout, Director, Home Sleep Testing, IDS
4. Joshua Palay, Information Architect/Product Manager
   
5. Andy Lin, Co-founder at Vicious Dericious, LLC
   

San Diego Headquarters
6046 Cornerstone Ct W Suite 226
San Diego, CA 92121

Phone: +1.858.456.5900
Fax: +1.734.661.1766

Head hunting: leads/sales automation

1. CatsOne
2. Cbizone - simple
3. VtIger is great . It free and unlimited it integrates with outlook
4. zoho.com - free for up to 2 or 3 users.
5. MaxHire - Overall good product. Finding some issues with UI
   
6. SendOuts - Usability and UI seems better
7. Bullhorn is good and has lot many features

Store/Sort resumes

skillnetinc.com pointers

http://www.1888pressrelease.com/skillnet-solutions-inc-company-profile_1723.html

www.oracle.com/.../skillnet%20solution%20of%20stock-out%20process%20in%20retail.pdf

Contacts: anagha@skillnetinc.com (HR?), praveen@skillnetinc.com, jack@skillnetinc.com

Phone:408 725 3600 fax: 408 255 0149
DNS:
Record expires on 04-May-2011.
Record created on 04-May-1999.
Database last updated on 15-Jun-2010 00:32:10 EDT.

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/skillnetinc.com/?metric=uv&months=12
http://www.myvisajobs.com/Company.aspx?ID=492762
http://www.jigsaw.com/id267404/skillnet_solutions_company.xhtml

skillnetinc.com

Entity Name:	SKILLNET SOLUTIONS, INC.
Entity Number:	C1975731
Date Filed:	08/05/1996
Status:	ACTIVE
Jurisdiction:	CALIFORNIA
Entity Address:	20380 TOWN CENTER LN STE 260
Entity City, State, Zip:	CUPERTINO CA 95014
Agent for Service of Process:	VIDYA DAMLE
Agent Address:	20380 TOWN CENTER LN STE 260
Agent City, State, Zip:	CUPERTINO CA 95014

Employees	: 100 - 250
Revenue	$10 - 50M

Customers: 50+ world wide

Business Categorization: Computers-System Designers & Consultants > E-Commerce (Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services)

About:
SkillNet Solutions Inc. a high growth, profitable, privately owned consulting and technology services company 100% focused on retail industry. We are based in Sunnyvale CA, and have a marquee set of retailers as our clients including Belk Stores, JCrew, Giorgio Armani, Gap, Gymboree, Disney Stores, Lowes, Saks 5th Avenue, Woolworths and others.
For retailers, we are problem solvers on the bleeding edge of technology across business challenges such as customer centricity, merchandising and supply chain operations, predictive retailing and using SOA to make organizational response real-time. Our exclusive focus on retail, vendor partnerships, cutting edge solutions and a superior client roster provide us an enviable edge in the market.

California Head Office:

1151 Sonora Court, Suite 2
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Phone: 408.522.3600
Fax: 408.522.3610

India Office:

SkillNet Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.
F/14 MIDC Road 23
Andheri (E)
Mumbai, India 400093
Phone: 91.22.65175861, 91.22.28204360

Harrisburg, PA?

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Green Card	1	4	3	0	0	5	3	4	1	0
H1B Visa	2	1	8	6	6	3	7	7	2	0

	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Green Card	70,000	79,091	82,810	-	-	90,884	82,070	86,996	94,120	-
H1B Visa	60,000	65,130	56,606	56,156	58,450	74,260	62,286	72,143	80,000	-

H1B Visa By States:

State	COUNT
California	37
Oregon	2
Washington	1
New York	1
New Mexico	1

People:

NAME	TITLE	DEPT	LEVEL	CITY	STATE	PHONE/EMAIL
Singh, Alok	Principal Consultant	Sales	Staff	Sunnyvale	CA
Wairagade, Harish	Senior CONSULTANT	Sales	Staff	Sunnyvale	CA
Gupta, Shail	Business Development Manager	Marketing	Manager-Leve...	Sunnyvale	CA
Pahwa, Preveen	Director-Business Development	Marketing	Director-Lev...	Cupertino	CA
Das, Rajib	Vice President Marketing	Marketing	VP-Level	Cupertino	CA
Damle, Vidya	Chief Executive Officer	Finance & Ad...	C-Level	Sunnyvale	CA
Damle, Saroj	President	Finance & Ad...	C-Level	Placerville	CA
Mehta, Anurag	Vice President	Finance & Ad...	VP-Level	Sunnyvale	CA
Grover, Jack	Vice President Finance and Operatio...	Finance & Ad...	VP-Level	Cupertino	CA
Vaidya, Anagha	Human Resources	Human Resour...	Staff	Sunnyvale	CA
Damle, Vivek	Vice President - Corporate Developm...	Engineering ...	VP-Level	Cupertino	CA
Atitkar, Sandesh	CONSULTANT	IT & IS	Staff	Sunnyvale	CA
Damle, Ash	Database Consultant	IT & IS	Staff	Cupertino	CA
Newrekar, Vinayak	Director Software Development	IT & IS	Director-Lev...	Cupertino	CA

profiles from linkedin

http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=3773492
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=75260723
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1011403
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=17929937
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=32685464
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=61295982
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=10659992
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=15394839
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=4511605
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=39732755
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=17062319
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=14321912
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=5325361

go green - use usb in place of CD

We use lots of CDs and DVDs for installing software. While CDs have many disadvantages one other disadvantage is about waste. One idea could be to have a device that can be programmed to behave as a CD/DVD drive and a mechanism to simulate inserting different disks.

The closest solution I notice as under development project is http://renosite.com/ - 'USB CD Emulator'.

I was thinking to combine iPod & iPodLinux and additional software for converting iso to cd drive and other UI part to select the ISO to be presented.

I do have iPod 20GB Fourth Generation (Gray scale). The batery is gone or going... If I can get it to work in the above fashion, I am sure this can be a great break through. I might be able to get funding for greening efforts too.

carbon credit - a perspective

Rich countries are preparing to pay poor countries in exchange for carbon credit to save forests. Looks pretty? Think again. Why should the poor country not use their land, including forests, the way they would like? Why not the rich countries re-purpose some of their own land - like the corn fields and 18 acres of land at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for carbon offsets?

If the corn field owner and the owner of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue feel that their home/livelihood is disturbed - well, they would be correct. So, would the poor person having their livelihood is taken away....

I am not a proponent for deforestation - I feel exactly the opposite. All I am concerned is rich people making poorer people pay for the rich's mistakes and arrogant use of the earth.

Some times, paying the poor too can make them further poor - by making them beg. The riches need to pay as fine in the name of 'fine' for their bad addiction / behavior. The payment should come in the form of reducing their own carbon foot print - say walking to work for one week by every one in a town. Dry their cloths in cloth line. Stop buying new cloths for the next 4 years - until you had to wear torn cloths for your wedding and it is acceptable in the society (sorry if you are offended...).

TechAmerica - members

www.techamerica.org TechAmerica, the largest and strongest voice and resource for technology in the United States. Represents nearly 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the public and commercial sectors of the economy.

Publishes CyberStates 2010.

Silicon Valley Leadership Group - members

Silicon Valley Leadership Group http://svlg.org/about/members.php members include

1. Accenture
2. Action 36 Cable 6
3. Adaptec
4. Adobe Systems
5. Adura Technologies
6. Advanced Power Projects
7. AECOM
8. Affymetrix
9. Agilent Technologies
10. Akeena Solar
11. Akraya
12. Alom
13. Altera
14. AMD
15. American Airlines
16. AMF Media Group
17. Amgen
18. Anaerobe Systems
19. Anda Networks
20. Aon
21. Apple Computer
22. Applied Materials
23. Asyst Technologies
24. AT&T
25. Atmel
26. Ausra
27. BAE Systems
28. Bank of America
29. Bank of the West
30. Battery Ventures
31. BD Biosciences
32. Bell Microproducts
33. Berger Lewis
34. Bessemer Venture Partners
35. Better Place
36. BJS Group
37. Bloom Energy
38. Borel Private Bank & Trust Company
39. Boulevards New Media
40. Bridge Bank
41. Bridgelux
42. Brocade Communication Systems
43. CA
44. Cadence Design
45. California Micro Devices
46. California State University East Bay
47. California Water Service
48. CaliSolar
49. Cargill Salt
50. Catalyst BioSciences
51. Centillium
52. Centrify
53. Chevron Energy Solutions
54. Chrysalis Software
55. Chrysalis Software
56. Cisco Systems
57. Citibank
58. Citrix Systems
59. City National Bank
60. ClearEdge Power
61. Cobalt Biofuels
62. Comcast
63. Cowen and Company
64. Crescendo Ventures
65. CSC
66. Cypress Envirosystems
67. Daystar Technologies
68. DeCarta
69. Declaration Services
70. Dell
71. Deloitte & Touche
72. Design Visionaries
73. Devry University
74. DuPont
75. eBay
76. Echelon
77. EFI
78. Egon Zehnder International
79. eHealth
80. El Camino Hospital
81. Elynx
82. EMC Corporation
83. EMC
84. eMeter
85. Empire Broadcasting
86. EMQ
87. Encover
88. Energy Connect
89. Enernoc
90. Envision Solar
91. EPRI
92. Ernst & Young
93. Escape Velocity
94. eSilicon
95. ETM Electromatic
96. Exponent
97. Extreme Networks
98. Extron
99. Fairchild Semiconductor
100. Federspiel Controls
101. Finelite
102. Foothill-De Anza Community College District
103. Fortinet
104. FUJIFILM Dimatix
105. Garland Actuarial
106. Genentech
107. Gilead Sciences
108. Global Netoptex
109. Golden Gate University
110. Goodwill of Santa Clara County
111. Google
112. Gordon Biersch
113. Green Momentum
114. Green Waste Recovery
115. Hanson Permanente
116. Hara Software
117. Harris Stratex Networks
118. Heritage Commerce Corporation
119. Hewlett-Packard
120. Hitachi Data Systems
121. IBM Corporation
122. iControl
123. IDT
124. Ikun Energy
125. Informatica
126. Innovalight
127. Integrated Science Solutions
128. Intel Corporation
129. Intermolecular
130. Intuitive Surgical
131. Ireland San Filippo
132. JDS Uniphase
133. JFK University
134. Johnson & Johnson
135. Jones Lang Lasalle
136. Juniper Networks
137. Kaiser Permanente
138. Kennedy Jencks
139. KLA-Tencor
140. Kovio
141. KPMG
142. Lam Research
143. Landec
144. LED Green Power
145. Lee Hecht Harrison
146. LibraryWorld
147. Lightspeed Venture Partners
148. Lincoln Law School
149. Linear Technology
150. LiveFuels
151. LJ Engineering & Manufacturing
152. Lockheed Martin Global Communications Systems
153. Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
154. LSI Logic Corporation
155. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
156. Luxim
157. Macrovision
158. Manpower
159. Marvell
160. Mattson Technology
161. McAfee
162. McKinsey & Company
163. MDS Analytical Technologies
164. Metricstream
165. Miasol?
166. Microsoft
167. MIPS Technologies
168. MoSys
169. MSquared
170. Nanosolar
171. Nanostellar
172. NASA-Ames Research Center
173. NASDAQ
174. National Hispanic University
175. National Semiconductor
176. Navigator Technologies
177. NBC-11
178. Net Logic
179. NetApp Inc.
180. Netflix
181. New Power Projects
182. New Resource Bank
183. New United Motor Manufacturing
184. Northern California Public Broadcasting
185. Northrop Grumman Marine Systems
186. Novellus
187. Numenta
188. NXP Semiconductors
189. Oakland A?s/San Jose Earthquakes
190. Objectivity
191. oDesk
192. Ohlone College
193. OpenWave Systems
194. Oracle
195. Outreach
196. Pacific Gas & Electric
197. Palm
198. Palmer College of Chiropractic
199. Palo Alto Medical Foundation
200. Plantronics
201. Plus3Networks
202. PMC-Sierra
203. Polycom
204. Poseidon Ventures
205. Presencia Technology
206. PriceWaterhouseCoopers
207. Prosper Marketplace
208. Q-Cells
209. Quantum
210. Quantum Energy Services & Technology
211. Raisch Products
212. Raritan
213. Redback Networks
214. ReGrid Power
215. Renesas
216. Renewable Power Solutions
217. RFQConnect
218. Robert Half International
219. Roche
220. Rockwell Collins
221. Samsung
222. San Francisco 49ers
223. San Jose Giants
224. San Jose Mercury News
225. San Jose Sharks
226. San Jose State University
227. San Jose Water Company
228. San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
229. Sandisk
230. Sanmina-SCI
231. Santa Clara Family Health Plan
232. Santa Clara University
233. SAP
234. Seagate Technologies
235. SearchRev
236. Sempra Energy
237. Sequoia Hospital
238. Serious Materials
239. SETI Institute
240. SGI
241. Siemens Industry, Building Technologies
242. Silicon Valley Systech
243. Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
244. Silver Spring Networks
245. Solar Technologies
246. Solarcity
247. Solaria
248. Solazyme
249. SolFocus
250. Sonic Solutions
251. Southwest Airlines
252. Spansion
253. Specialized Bicycles
254. SpikeSource
255. Splunk
256. SRI International
257. Stanford Hospital & Clinics
258. Stanford University
259. Stellar Solutions
260. Stion
261. STMicroelectronics
262. Sun Industries
263. SunFund
264. SunPower
265. SunWize
266. Surgery Center Partners
267. SVB Financial Group
268. SVTC
269. Symantec
270. Symmetricon
271. Synaptics
272. Synopsys
273. Tagent
274. Taleo
275. Targus Financial Solutions
276. Tecan Systems
277. Telesoft Partners
278. Tessera
279. The Health Trust
280. The Stealth
281. TIBCO
282. Tioga Energy
283. Transpak
284. Trimble Navigation
285. TRIRIGA
286. Ultratech
287. Union Bank
288. United American Bank
289. United Data Tech
290. University of California
291. University of California
292. University of California
293. University of Phoenix
294. Valence Energy
295. Vantage Point Venture Partners
296. Varian Medical Systems
297. Verari
298. Virgin America
299. VirtualLogix
300. VMWare
301. Waste Management
302. Watt Stopper
303. Webcor
304. Wells Fargo Bank
305. West Valley Staffing
306. West Valley/Mission Community Colleges
307. Wyse Technology
308. Xactly Corporation
309. Xenoport
310. Xstrata Recycling
311. Yahoo!

Worthy case accepting donation

1. http://www.ashanet.org/
2. http://www.giftofvision.org/
3. 
   

Coupon Companies

1. 2ergo
2. 8coupons
3. AAfter Corporation
4. Adility
5. Adpera.com
6. AfterWorkDeals
7. Amazon Filler Item Finder
8. Armadealo
9. Bluesky Local
10. Brozengo
11. COUPONGOOD
12. CardStar
13. CashStar
14. Centrl
15. CheapIrvine.com
16. Chitown Deals
17. Coupious
18. Coupon Tweet
19. CouponAlbum.com
20. CouponCabin
21. CouponDiscover
22. CouponMeUp.com
23. CouponShack
24. CouponWorx.com
25. Coupons Dealuxe
26. Coupons2Grab
27. Deal Linker
28. DealBk
29. DealDivine
30. DealPerk
31. DealRocker.com
32. DealTaker
33. DealTattle
34. Dealster
35. Dealzon
36. Discounts Ahoy
37. Emerald City Eats
38. FriendsEAT
39. Fudha
40. Fulll.com
41. GAP Miners
42. Gaucho
43. GotoDaily
44. Grabacode
45. Grocio
46. Khojguru
47. Likebees
48. Lunchtimedeals.com
49. MDot Network
50. MobGeo Ltd
51. MobiQpons
52. Mobile Flow
53. MySavings
54. MySavings, Inc.
55. Myzerr
56. Offeretti
57. OzVoucherCodes
58. PC Counter
59. PriceAlerter
60. Qpons
61. Quick Deal Services
62. Quicktoclick.com
63. Qustodian
64. Red Tag Media
65. RestoMontreal.ca
66. SacramentoGrapevine.com
67. SafeList.com
68. SavingPiggy
69. Savings
70. Savings Friend
71. ScoutMob
72. ShopLocal
73. Smash Deals
74. SmileyDeals
75. Snacksquare
76. Star Return
77. Supplement Deals
78. SwoopUp.com
79. Tjoos
80. Tooio
81. TownSync
82. TweetWagon
83. UPto75
84. UnoDeals
85. VouChaCha
86. Voucher Codes
87. WOWzzy
88. We-care.com
89. Worldviewer
90. YOOSE
91. YourNight.com
92. beeclever
93. couponroof.com
94. couponsdiary.com
95. dealam.com
96. dealspl.us
97. eCampusCash
98. mobicampus
99. online-couponcodes
100. socialpda
101. the-lodging.com
102. txtmailer

Mobile Coupon Companies

1. 2ergo
2. 8coupons
3. Armadealo
4. Invitation Digital
5. Lunchtimedeals.com
6. MDot Network
7. MobGeo Ltd
8. Mobilitrix
9. MobiQpons
10. Mobile Flow
11. Qustodian
12. VouChaCha
13. YOOSE

Coupons EcoSystem

Coupons Eco System – (Mostly from Wikipedia)

Types of Coupons:

1. discounts

2. free shipping

3. first-time customer coupons

4. free giveaways

Coupon Distribution:

1. mail

2. magazines

3. newspapers

4. Internet

5. mobile devices

Why Coupons:

1. research the price sensitivity

Online coupon names:

2. coupon codes

3. promotional codes

4. promotion codes

5. discount codes

6. key codes

7. promo codes

8. surplus codes

9. portable codes

10. shopping codes

11. voucher codes

12. reward codes

13. source codes

Coupon Fraud Prevention Methods:

1. unique barcodes

2. coupon ID numbers

3. holographic seals

4. watermarked paper

Discount Reasons:

1. Prompt payment discount

2. Preferred payment method discount

3. Partial payment discount

4. Sliding scale fees

5. Forward dating

6. Seasonal discount

Misc Topics

Allowances:

1. Promotional allowances

2. Brokerage allowance

Rebate:

1. mail-in rebate (MIR)

2. Instant rebate

Scrip

gift certificates

gift vouchers

scrip fundraising

trade, donate, buy and sell gift cards

virtual currency by online games

list of tests available

1. ACID for web standards

Related Topics:

1. Benchmarking for assessing relative Performance while Test Suites are for Correctness/Verification. (Besnchmarking can have a test suite as well)
   
2. Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC)
3. Phoronix Test Suite
   

Measures:

1. MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second)
2. Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) for database
   

Equivalence in other Industry:

1. FCC certification
2. Automobile crash test rating
   

windows install CLI

netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static 192.168.11.12 255.255.255.0 192.168.11.1 1
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.11.33
NET START SharedAccess
netsh firewall set opmode disable
#2008
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0

#2003
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /ar 0
Cscript \windows\system32\SCRegEdit.wsf /cs 0

de-open source - Oracle/MySQL

Reasons for moving from closed source to open source could be for

1. Company wanting to benefit from community contribution in terms of
   code addition, code modification, code review & product testing
2. Company folding - so, open source the product
3. Older product or version of product
4. Company getting good will
5. Opening more usage of the product

Recently, I am suspecting some companies could take their code closed source - from open source. I am suspecting dual license can enable this to happen.

My fear is MySQL, used by many companies in production, going closed source. One theory (or did I read somewhere?), was that Oracle purchasing Sun was for MySQL. If it had purchased, MySQL directly, people could call foul easily.

Facebook is using MySQL in their storage. And it is really lots of them. I don't think Oracle would be happy about it. One way to twist Facebook's arm could be by offering Oracle for Facebook at a reduced price or threaten to stop fixing/improving MySQL.