Is Open Source Recession Proof?

Posted by thevarguy on Nov 13, 2007 1:45 PM EDT
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Whispers of a potential economic recession ahead continue. That made The VAR Guy wonder: If the U.S. does head into an economic recession soon, are open source companies (like Red Hat, MySQL and SugarCRM) better positioned to weather the storm than their closed source counterparts (like Microsoft and Oracle)? Let’s take a look.

At first glance, open source companies win this debate hands down. But history shows even open source can stumble a bit during an economic slowdown.

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