[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“You know that the Open Source approach is gaining acceptance
when even companies not primarily in the software industry are
beginning to get into the act. WDI, a division of Brunswick New
Technologies, has released its Business Integration Engine (BIE) as
an Open Source project.“Founded in 1845 to make billiard tables, WDI’s parent Brunswick
Corp. is a $3.7 billion, 21,000 employee company, currently making
a wide variety of products. Besides making and selling boats,
marine-related items, fitness products, bowling equipment, and
operating more than 100 bowling centers, Brunswick today makes
pool, table hockey, and foosball tables. And through the Brunswick
New Technologies group, Brunswick is also getting into techier
stuff like marine navigational systems, marine dealer management
systems, and GPS devices…”