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Is Open Always Better?

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May 7, 2013

Open source software has proven itself in the data center, but perhaps what we need on the desktop is less collaboration and more artesian craftsmanship. Perhaps what we need more than anything is to get out our wallets and start paying for open source software. Unfortunately hat’s a hard sell.

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