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InfoWorld: New Tools from the Open Source Community

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 7, 2005

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“If you haven’t explored open source solutions for your SMB,
you’re missing out on lots of potential. Sure, stability and
support are big question marks, but if you take the time to test
new applications before dropping them into a production
environment, you stand an excellent chance of finding a diamond in
the rough.

“Another nice thing about OS software is that its developers
aren’t as constrained by convention as many in the commercial set.
This can sometimes result in features and approaches to problems
you simply can’t find in the commercial software space…”


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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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