Commercial Gains Mean Growing Pains for Open Source Community

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 7, 2011 5:08 AM EDT
LinuxInsider; By Jay Lyman
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We are witnessing a new wave of open source use, driven primarily by innovation rather than cost, flexibility, or other advantages. With this new wave, there is a danger that the ease of commercialization ushered in by wider use, greater credibility and, again, innovation means the all-important community piece -- often the free and open source or community version as well -- becomes an afterthought.

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