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opensource.org - 4/2/2009
Open Source Business Conference Retrospective | Open Source Initiative
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Along with the Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting, the Open Source Business Conference was one of the two best conferences I've been to recently (I generally hate conferences). I got my geek on at: FOSDEM and actually enjoyed and learned from the technical sessions. Where OSBC is ...
ipwatchdog.com - 4/2/2009
Open Source Race to Zero May Destroy Software Industry
— ipwatchdog.com — Just the other day Arstechnica.com ran an article discussing the fact that Red Hat is succeeding despite... the recession. It seems that the global economic chaos is forcing an increasing number of companies to search for ways to reduce IT costs, ... (more) Open Source Race to Zero May Destroy Software Industry
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Open source consulting, training and support services in the UK | credativ: open source for business
credativ.co.uk - 3/30/2009
Open source consulting, training and support services in the UK | credativ: open source for business
— credativ.co.uk — Discover our Open Source services image credativ is an industry leader in the provision of services for... free software. We support all major projects and Linux distributions and offer a full range of services including consultancy, technical advice, ... (more) Open source consulting, training and support services in ...

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The Open Road:  Open source is its own worst enemy

Open Source:  The false contradiction within open source

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Open source is its own worst enemy
The Open Road — ... I raise the topic because the Open Source Initiative recently threw its hat into the purity ring (again), and needs to remember its mission or risk losing its credibility: ...

The false contradiction within open source
Open Source — ... He spots what he considers a contradiction within open source, a conflict between open source purity and the requirements of the market. It’s a theme he discussed openly at OSBC. ...

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