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The Register: US in Open Source Backlash

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 5, 2006

“The US has fallen way behind other nations with regard to its
embrace of open source technology, and the situation may only get
worse. Open source coders face their grandest test to date as
organizations place more and more scrutiny on the origins and value
of FOSS (free and open source software) products.

“That’s the word that came down today from an august panel here
at the World Congress on Information Technology…”

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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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