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ZDNet: Money, And The Other 99 Schools

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 24, 2005

“When my wife points out all the problem spots in our yard, her
instructions will amount to ‘let a hundred flowers bloom’–but with
due deference to that particular mass murderer’s speech writers,
there will be only one school of thought permitted: hers.

“And isn’t that exactly what happens when big players like IBM
and Microsoft intervene in the open source process to force the
market to standardize on one type of hardware or one piece of
software in a segment…?”

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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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