NetworkWorld: Open Source Forcing Shift in Software Buying

“Commercial software giants such as Oracle and IBM are moving
deeper into the open source community by snapping up the startups
built to provide services around the free software, a trend that
means corporate buyers should think carefully about future projects
before making deployment decisions, experts say.

“Though arguably in its early stages, the trend is accelerating.
Recently Oracle announced it would buy open source database vendor
Sleepycat Software, and rumors continue to swirl about its interest
in JBoss, one of the leading open source application server
firms…”

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