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Open-source Success Roiling Software Field

Posted by bstadil on · 2 comments
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You probably paid too much for the software you're using — not to mention the software company you've invested in. That's the growing consensus of analysts watching the rise of open-source software, built on the notion that software should be free for everyone to use, tweak and develop further.

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bstadil Story submitter ·
Enjoy this Gem in the article: BEA Systems (BEAS) CEO Alfred Chuang says he hasn't lost any customers to open source.

cjcox ·
Gotta love Alfred! I once stood up at an managerial meeting (about 5-6 years ago) and told them that we had better commoditize the web app server before our competitors and/or the open source community did. The comment was not well received. Gotta love what companies do to "protect" their "Intellectual Property".

Is is wise to "protect IP" even if it means losing marketshare?

(the quotation marks are very intentional in my comments here)

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