InfoWorld: The Proprietary/Open Source Continuum for ISVs

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MA
Matt Asay
Feb 7, 2007

“Larry Augustin was in town over the weekend, so we met up at
Deer Valley for lunch and gossip. We then spent a half-hour talking
through the different licensing models available to open source
software vendos, and their relative merits/demerits. (No wonder
Larry’s wife and daughter got bored and left. 😉

“The core question up for discussion? Is 100% free source
software the best model for any software vendor? I went into it
wanting to say ‘Yes,’ but left wondering…”


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