Open Source: Innovation Through Recombination

“Today’s software business model isn’t about writing software;
it’s about the enablement and servicing of software. And that just
happens to be what the open source movement is all about.

“So far, the open source movement has tended to develop software
that mimics commercial products. We will soon see it graduate to
creating entirely new solutions. One of the great freedoms of open
source is the ability to take just the bits we need and recombine
them into new applications, accelerating innovation and time to
market…”

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