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Computer Business Review: Unhappiness Drives Open Source Adoption

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“A common reason why more governments and enterprises around the
world are moving to open source software is unhappiness, it was
revealed during a panel discussion at the LinuxWorld Conference in
San Francisco yesterday.

“Google Inc open source programs manager Chris DiBona said the
search giant has stuck with Linux throughout the company’s life, in
part, because it was unhappy with the terms of another software
company…”

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