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[News] Transformation in the Software Industry

Creative Destruction in the Software Industry

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| It's fascinating to witness the phenomenon of people who created
| sizable chunks of the software industry coming back with open source
| or on-demand companies aimed at disrupting the very market segments
| they helped build.
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| [...]
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| Alfreso has built up some momentum. Since posting its application on the 
| SourceForge open source site a year ago, 350,000 people have downloaded it 
| and the 30-person company has 200 paying customers, including the US branch 
| of Japan's Daiwa bank and Virgin Money.
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http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/09/creative_destru.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat

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