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James: The Care and Feeding of FOSS

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 3, 2005

“The rise of Free Open-Source Software (FOSS) has fundamentally
altered the economy of software publishing, and in fact is having
an impact in almost all modern industries across the globe. Yet,
there is a huge amount of ignorance about FOSS.

  • “Why do some companies fail to see FOSS coming?
  • “Why do some FOSS projects start at the worst possible
    time?
  • “Why do companies fight FOSS, a battle they are guaranteed to
    lose?
  • “Why do FOSS advocates think everything should be
    FOSS…?”

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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