During the decade that ends today open source went from being almost an underground movement into a dominant business model.
.) I know what many in the business will say. Open source will be assimilated. Everything will be mixed source. Products will be a melange of licenses — enough to make you feel it’s open, but not enough that you can avoid paying the guy at the bottom of the stack. This seems a reasonable attitude because so much open source is moving into places where business models are established and reasonable. Hardware, the cloud.
Full Story: Linux and Open Source - ZDNet (blog)
.) I know what many in the business will say. Open source will be assimilated. Everything will be mixed source. Products will be a melange of licenses — enough to make you feel it’s open, but not enough that you can avoid paying the guy at the bottom of the stack. This seems a reasonable attitude because so much open source is moving into places where business models are established and reasonable. Hardware, the cloud.
Full Story: Linux and Open Source - ZDNet (blog)
