Google--An Open Source Adopter's Best Friend? | Linux Today

Google–An Open Source Adopter’s Best Friend?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 3, 2008

“‘How do enterprises learn about open source alternatives?’ was
the first question posed on CIO.com’s Executives Online blogathon.
A surprising number of respondents listed Google as the first port
of call.

“For example, Chris Keene wrote: ‘Here is a simple test. If you
are looking for a technical solution–for example a visual ajax
tool–you should be able to type ‘visual ajax tool’ into Google and
get both open source and proprietary solutions…'”


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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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