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“Internet application testing vendor RadView plans to migrate
its flagship product to an open source model using the General
Public License (GPL), internetnews.com has learned. The
announcement is expected to be made on Wednesday April 11.“The move to open source its products could have implications
for commercial vendors in the sector, such as Hewlett-Packard’s
Mercury Interactive and IBM’s Rational Software division.“One one hand, it could be a strategic play against Mercury
Interactive, which HP bought for $4.5 billion last July. On the
other hand, according to one analyst, the move could just be a
reactive mode by RadView to fend off competition from other open
source providers of these software tools…”
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