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SaaS, Open Source and the Migration of Burden

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 8, 2008

“Last week, I recorded a podcast with Dennis Byron, analyst at
eBizQ. Dennis wanted to talk about how open source is the
fundamental enabler of Software as a Service, an idea he started
writing about after a conversation with some guy named Jim
Zemlin.

“I was happy to talk about this with Dennis because I think it’s
an under-the-radar topic. Just the week before I had a reporter ask
me how Linux is going to deal with the threat of cloud computing.
The threat? I told her that virtually all of the major cloud
computing initiatives (except Microsoft’s) are built on
Linux…”


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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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