Open Source's Next Steps
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| An increasing number of large IT vendors have thrown their support behind
| open source. But, for Linux and open source really to break into the
| mainstream, a much broader set of stakeholders must recognize and figure out
| how best to seize the opportunity to redirect license fee dollars into their
| own pockets.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2168800,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
The Open Source Within Us
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| This past fall, research firm IDC released a study that indicated more than
| half of all businesses on earth use open source software. Touchpoint Studios
| is one of those businesses. We use open source technologies for everything
| from software development and quality assurance to our web presence and
| community support.
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http://www.touchpointstudios.com/blog/2007/08/08/the-open-source-within-us/
Examples follow (FOSS).
Related:
Survey Confirms Strategic Importance of Open Source
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| And open source is gaining in popularity. 77 percent of businesses were
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| either planning to deploy, or had already deployed, open source software in
| their core business systems, shattering outdated preconceptions of the
| inappropriateness of such technology in a mission-critical enterprise
| environment.
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http://home.nestor.minsk.by/networks/news/2007/07/1901.html
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