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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Generous Open Source Donations Ultimately Pay Off

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 2, 2004

[ Thanks to Jan
Stafford
for this link. ]

“Give and you shall receive.

“That credo has become part of the business model for some
software vendors, large and small, that are giving the open source
community notable chunks of what was once proprietary source code.
These donations are being hailed on many fronts as gestures of good
faith to the community, while some skeptics wonder if the vendors
are just dangling the code as bait in an attempt to get some
enterprises hooked on supported versions of other products…”


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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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