LinuxPR: Collab.net Officially Launches SourceXchange | Linux Today

LinuxPR: Collab.net Officially Launches SourceXchange

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 7, 1999

“With sourceXchange, software companies now have a
professionally managed site where they can tap into the open source
community’s talent and expertise.”

“… Collab.Net announced today that it has finished its beta
test phase and gone into production with its first service,
sourceXchange, a marketplace where open source developers match
their expertise to committed buyers with well-defined, financially
backed open source projects. With sourceXchange, software companies
now have a professionally managed site where they can tap into the
open source community’s talent and expertise.

“Hewlett-Packard (HP), SourceXchange’s founding sponsor and beta
test partner, initially placed a set of Request for Proposals
(RFPs) into the sourceXchange database…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

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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