businessweek.com - 12/1/2008
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As the recession puts pressure on tech spending, many companies are turning to open-source software to handle more IT tasks By Rachael King After the tech bubble burst, E*Trade's technology chief, Lee Thompson, needed to find a way to do more with less. In 2001 and 2002, the online stock ...
news.cnet.com - 12/1/2008
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BusinessWeek talks out of both sides of its
mouth on Monday, on one hand carrying an op-ed...
piece from Collaborative Software Initiative's Stuart Cohen arguing that the "open-source business model is broken," while on the other hand talking up how ...
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Open source is dead. Long live open source
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Open source is dead. Long live open source
The Open Road —
... arguing that the "open source business model is broken," while on the other hand talking up how enterprises are turning to open source to save money and drive productivity in tough times . Which is it? It's both, of course. Cohen is referring to a bit of a straw man when he claims open source is dead, referring to support-based business models that don't add "proprietary" value beyond the base, open-source code. All successful open-source companies have always had some value-add beyond the base code itself, whether that company is Red Hat, MySQL, SugarCRM, Zimbra, or IBM. ...
Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Steams Ahead
OStatic blogs —
... This week brings some interesting new reports on open source adoption in enterprises, providing more evidence that the economic downturn is boosting many open source product categories. BusinessWeek has a big story out on cost-conscious companies turning to open source, ranging from ETrade to the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, ...
Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Steams Ahead [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... This week brings some interesting new reports on open source adoption in enterprises, providing more evidence that the economic downturn is boosting many open source product categories. BusinessWeek has a big story out on cost-conscious companies turning to open source, ranging from ETrade to the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, ...
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