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Richmond Times-Dispatch: ‘The Genie is Out of the Bottle’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 25, 2002

“Open-source software is helping CapTech Ventures close more
deals.

“The Richmond company is turning to free open-source
software-development tools to design and test applications that it
builds for clients.

“In the process, CapTech often saves thousands in
project-development costs, said Chief Executive Officer Sandy
Williamson.

“‘We’ve found the use of open-source tools to be cost-effective
in many situations,’ he said…”

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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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