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ZDNet UK: Commercializing Open Source–Make It Transparent

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 17, 2006

“Commercialization of open source–and Oracle’s recent foray
into acquiring open source components–was a major theme at the
Open Source Business Conference. During a panel on the topic, Ken
Jacobs, vice president of product strategy for servers, proclaimed
that commercialization is not only beneficial but inevitable.
Oracle has recently been on an open source software buying binge,
with Innodb and Sleepcat in the bag, and possibly Zend and JBoss in
the works…”

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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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