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Open-Source Business Models a Sweet Fit for Web 2.0, SugarCRM says
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| Asked about the threat open-source companies posed to proprietary
| ones, Miklos said being proprietary was the biggest threat to the
| business model of those companies, particularly as an increasing
| number of customers were questioning the value and applicability
| of a proprietary, lock-in model.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2114779,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
Open Source SI CIGNEX Develops 'Master Key' for Opening 'Proprietary Vendor
Lock-Ins'
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| CIGNEX, on behalf of a customer who was locked into a leading
| proprietary ECM system and wanted to migrate to open source,
| developed an Alfresco-based content management system that
| offers a near identical interface to that offered by the
| leading proprietary ECM vendor, at a substantially lower cost.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070417/20070417006171.html?.v=1
OrangeHRM Open Source HRM System Launches On-Demand Option, Releases New
Edition with Broad Enhancements
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| OrangeHRM 2.1 is the fifth major release of the product since the beta was
| rolled out in February 26. The software has received more than 36000
| cumulative downloads in the last 13 months and is ranked among the 50 most
| active open source applications by SourceForge.
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| The installed version of OrangeHRM is available free of charge under the
| GNU GPL open source license with two different plans.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070417/20070417005712.html?.v=1
JasperSoft Open Source Business Intelligence Community Grows to Over 30,000
Registered Developers in First Nine Months
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| JasperSoft Corporation... today announced that more than 30,000 BI
| developers have registered for JasperForge.org since it was launched
| in July of 2006, creating a vibrant ecosystem of businesses and
| community developers that has already produced over 130 BI projects.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070417/sftu064.html?.v=95
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