Encourage innovation through open source
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| ...Still, open source has achieved significant success in the Web
| world, primarily for server-based applications, most notably in the form
| of Linux and Apache. Users of open-source software have noted savingsf
| rom using less expensive hardware, and the ability to customize and
| repair problematic software at will.
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| It is indeed possible to make money in open source--lots of it, in fact,
| as we've seen with companies like Red Hat and IBM. The key is in
| understanding the place of open source in the value chain. But it's
| clear that the push for open source is being driven more by users than
| by suppliers.
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| Open source encourages innovation, even if it is of no direct value to
| (in this case) Boingo. Somehow, I suspect Boingo will get a good bounce
| from going the open-source route and be viewed as an innovator offering
| the industry something of value in exchange for recognition.
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