NewsFactor: Who's the JBoss? | Linux Today

NewsFactor: Who’s the JBoss?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 14, 2003

“Newsflash: An open-source company is scoring profits–and it is
not even a Linux vendor. The JBoss Group puts the lie to the notion
that you cannot make money with open source.

“JBoss offers a unique twist, though: ‘I think we’re different
than other open source projects in that we’re trying to
commercialize open-source services,’ says Bill Burke, chief
architect for JBoss 4.0. ‘I don’t see many others doing that,’ he
told NewsFactor…”

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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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