Techworld: New Open Source Group Opens Its Doors | Linux Today

Techworld: New Open Source Group Opens Its Doors

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 29, 2004

“A coalition of service providers claims it will shake up the
open source market by offering an alternative to the larger
vendors. It also aims to counter the claims made by Microsoft that
open source is the more expensive option.

“The Open Source Consortium, a grouping of more than 60
companies has been established to offer, what it claims is an
unbiased ‘proprietary-vendor free’ voice for all organisations
contemplating an Open Source roll-out…”

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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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