IT-Analysis: Open Source: Upsizing is Unpleasant for Some | Linux Today

IT-Analysis: Open Source: Upsizing is Unpleasant for Some

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 4, 2005

“I had the joy in recent overseas travels to encounter a group
who had been attending a Linux Open Source convention. They turned
out to be veterans and pioneers of the Open Source movement, but
they were not enamoured about the way Open Source was commercially
maturing–making this an unhappy group of travellers! Like the
wedding guest in ‘The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner’ I listened to
their tale of woe and found that some of their less emotional
observations were of interest…”

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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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