Open Source's Only Friend | Linux Today

Open Source’s Only Friend

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 22, 2007

“Asay came out swinging against recent attacks on open source,
not the least of which are the alleged 235 infringed patents
Microsoft has claimed against Linux. Asay believes that this is
part of the growth of open source, that it’s only natural for
detractors to come out of the woodwork as open source gets more
successful.

“‘In the end,’ Asay told the crowd of over 300, ‘open source’s
only friend is the customer…'”

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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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