“More proprietary vendors are offering free versions of
their products or open sourcing parts or all of their base
products. What should IT managers know about this
trend?“Marten Mickos: When people use our product
without paying, they’re getting open source code, so they can
contribute bug reports and fixes. It is not a loss for us. We get
something back…”
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