:Open Source Opportunities for Cash-Strapped Startups
Open Source Opportunities for Cash-Strapped Startups May 10, 2007, 13 :15 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (6191 reads) (Other stories by Jim T. Ryan)
"More companies are using open source programs as they become mainstream, but most still use proprietary software such as Microsoft Office, said Guy Suter, a founder of BitLeap. Proprietary, or closed, software does not give users access to the programming language. The push for emerging technology companies to use open source is pure economics."