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[News] New Examples of Open Source Fakers, Fluff, and Dilution of the Term

  • Subject: [News] New Examples of Open Source Fakers, Fluff, and Dilution of the Term
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:47:10 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Open source shouldn't just be a marketing exercise

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| A few years back, open source was the new fad and emerging "cool" technology 
| to be a part of, and several major tech vendors made it a point to be 
| perceived as avid participants of this growing trend.   
`----

http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/btw/0,39056810,63000490,00.htm

Faker:

xTuple Upgrades Open Source ERP Software

http://www.webcpa.com/article.cfm?articleid=25301

Yawn:

Growing open source projects and businesses...wherever you may be

,----[ Quote ]
| Location may matter in some industries. It may even matter in proprietary 
| software. It doesn't matter in open source, because open-source software is 
| developed, sold, and supported over the Internet. Open source is geography 
| agnostic.   
`----

http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9773641-16.html

Another faker (Zimbra):

Unicon Customer University of Louisiana at Monroe Selects Zimbra Collaboration
Suite as New Messaging Solution for Students & Faculty

,----[ Quote ]
| The university chose Zimbra after an extensive review and analysis of legacy 
| messaging products and today's innovative Web 2.0 Ajax-based solutions. 
`----

http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-unicon-customer-university-louisiana-monroe-selects-zimbra-collaboration-/2007/09/06/2917617.htm

Fluff:

Komodo Spawns New Open Source IDE Project  

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3698001

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