"Three open source start-up executives Tuesday showed their daring by making pitches to potential customers. What made them daring is that they did it in front of dozens of attendees at the Open Source Business Conference in Newton, Mass.
"The presenting companies were ActiveGrid, EnterpriseDB and XenSource. Customer panelists hailed from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Fannie Mae and financial firms Fidelity Investments, Putnam Investments and State Street..."