CNET News: Open Source "Inside" a VC Bonanza

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"Open source isn't just about companies like Red Hat and MySQL. Michael Moritz, a partner with the venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, says open source code is also buried deep inside of a growing number of devices.

"'The thing that people don't recognize is that we have lots of investments in open source companies. Look through our portfolio, and look inside of appliances, and a ton of open source software is being put inside of those devices and computers of one type or another,' he said..."

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