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ZDNet UK: Business Objects: Open Source a Distant Threat

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 18, 2005

“There’s little chance of an open source company shaking up the
Business Intelligence (BI) market any time soon, according to
Bernard Liautaud, the chief executive of Business Objects.

“Speaking last week after the launch of Business Objects Extreme
Insight (XI), Liautaud said he didn’t think that the success
enjoyed by open source CRM vendors such as SugarCRM and vTiger will
be repeated in the BI space, at least not imminently…”


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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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