InfoWorld: Open Source Said on Cusp of Broad Acceptance | Linux Today

InfoWorld: Open Source Said on Cusp of Broad Acceptance

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PK
Paul Krill
Dec 16, 2003

“Open source software, in which developers get access to source
code, still is not being used by the masses but is on the cusp of a
much broader acceptance, said Brian Behlendorf, founder of Apache,
during a speech at a Software Development Forum conference here on
Thursday.

“The advent of open source has meant big changes in development
and business paradigms and raised legal issues as well, industry
officials acknowledged during the event, entitled ‘Open Source:
Practical Solutions for Real World Problems…'”

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