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Always On: Why Open Source Isn’t an Enterprise Solution–Part III

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 25, 2005

“Excuse me for a moment while I pull the arrows out … Ouch! I
think I’ve discovered that many Open Source advocates, pundits and
consultants either don’t read–or don’t like to be offered advice.
I feel like a pin cushion–but, masochist that I am, I persist. And
now, I think I shall go kick a open source hornet’s nest, just for
fun!

“Yes, Virginia, there could be an open source enterprise
application in your future, despite my dire predictions of the
death of the software business at the hands of open source
programmers–and the related death of viable, non-custom enterprise
applications as well…”

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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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