Network World: An Open Letter to the Open Source Community

“Dear open source community,

“We end users are happy with the way the open source movement is
progressing. With Linux now a stable operating system worthy of
mainstream deployments, we’ve begun looking up the stack to see
where else open source can fit in our data centers.

“The variety of open source offerings–from application servers
and databases to security and content management–illustrate the
community’s commitment to meet business needs. We’re ready to take
the next step. But, first, there are a few things we’d like to see
from you, the open source community, before free software takes on
a higher profile in big IT departments…”

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