[ Thanks to James Burlington for this
link. ]
“A few years ago, releasing once-secret source code to the
public would have been a highly unusual first move for a company
with a newly acquired software product line.“But that’s exactly what Integrated Computer Solutions is
announcing this week with the Project.net project management
software it bought Jan. 1. And it’s a move that today is downright
ordinary. Open-source software has become not only increasingly
mainstream, but it’s also often a way for a company to gain
advantage over a proprietary rival with a close guard over its
software’s underlying instructions…”
Related Story:
internetnews.com:
ICS to Buy, Open Source, Project.net(Feb 10, 2006)