Software's Enterprising Minds
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| Meanwhile, new open-source software firms such as Red Hat give away free
| software for the Linux operating system and charge for additional support
| services. This change has greatly altered the economics of software
| development. Oracle has responded by building its own open-source business.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/071123/industry.html?.v=1
SourceForge exec on the open source breeding ground
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| With more staff, improvements to its website, new infrastructure and an
| increased enterprise take-up of open source, it’s full steam ahead.
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1977051721;fp;2;fpid;4
Surely, money can't be made from Free software, says Microsoft.
Related:
Red Hat sees FY07 greater China sales up 100 pct
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| Red Hat Inc., a distributor of open-source Linux software, expects its
| sales in the greater China region to double in fiscal 2007 and grow by
| 85 percent in fiscal 2008, an executive said on Tuesday. "Our plan is to
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| have 100 percent growth this year, and 85 percent growth next year,"
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| Michael Chen, general manager of Red Hat China, told Reuters in an
| interview.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060926:MTFH04213_2006-09-26_06-26-12_SHA306441&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/rdrsg
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