"One theme that's becoming increasingly apparent--and which was reinforced yet again at the LinuxWorld expo in London this week--is that the open-source model is steadily climbing its way up the software stack.
"As far as businesses are concerned, the open-source issue is no longer a question of if, or even when, you will begin considering it: rather, the issue is what you will use it for. And nobody working with technology has an excuse for thinking that open-source equates to free, as in free beer..."
