Three Potential Open Source IPOs

[ Thanks to The VAR Guy for this link. ]

"The VAR Guy isn't suggesting that open source companies will launch initial public offerings (IPOs) anytime soon. But a lengthy chat with an open source guru--call him Pele--got our resident blogger brainstorming a bit. Here are three open source companies that could test the IPO waters over the next couple of years.

1. "SugarCRM: The obvious choice. The VAR Guy has blogged about SugarCRM multiple times. Once Sun Microsystems acquired MySQL and dashed hopes for a MySQL IPO, The VAR Guy immediately turned his attention to SugarCRM..."

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