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[News] Commercial Open Source Software Set for Huge Impact

The true nature of open source

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| In the beginning...open source was pure and unadulterated. Over time, the
| idea of community-build software that is free and unfettered by
| sticky licensing terms and fees caught on with IT buyers, and the
| disruption of the old order began. Now, open source (Linux, Eclipse,
| Java, etc.) is mainstream, with many companies giving away valuables
| oftware for free and looking for ways to gain profits from their
| largess.
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| [...]
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| Open source is becoming so attractive that even companies with proprietary 
| technology are taking the open source route. Among the large vendors, Sun 
| has thrown all of its software into the open source pool.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4802


Related:

Sun CEO: "Proprietary"...did more damage to sun than any market downturn

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| Sun has discovered the exact same thing. Freedom sells. Or, rather,
| services around freedom sell. The freedom itself is, well, free.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/sun_ceo_proprie.html

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