“I recently noted that Centeris, which enables the integration
of Linux into Microsoft environments, had changed its name to
Likewise and launched a new open source authentication project
called Likewise Open. This week I was able to catch up with
Likewise CEO, Barry Crist, who shared some more details about the
company’s products and strategy going
forward.“One area in which I did the company a disservice was in
doubting its past commitment to open source. While Likewise Open is
the company’s first full product distributed
with an open source license, there has been plenty of involvement
in open source projects behind the scenes…”
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