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ItWorld Canada: Open Source: Looking for an Opening

[ Thanks to noyfb for
this link. ]

From the Contributor:

“The article starts out a bit out of step because it is missing
the following introduction from the main paper-based article
body.

“‘Unbreakable Linux,’ says the full page ad on the back cover of
the Economist. It goes on to say, in case you don’t already know,
that ‘everyone knows Linux costs less. Now it’s faster and reliable
too.'”

[Article continues]

“That’s IT giant Oracle, peddling open-source products to the
world. But Oracle is not the only giant in the forest. Since the
late 1990s, IBM has had its own major commitment to research and
development in open source. In 2001, the industry biggie sealed its
promise with a $1.3 billion investment in the development of
Linux-based products…”


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