This is an odd view that uses a few examples that support an hypothesis:
Information Security Magazine
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| Popular open source security products are being commercialized, changing the
| way customers and vendors view "the community."
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http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/magazineFeature/0,296894,sid14_gci1274461,00.html
Also new:
First Official Release of ProjectPier
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| An international development team has announced the first official release of
| ProjectPier. Based on widely accepted technologies like PHP and MySQL,
| ProjectPier offers an open source collaboration solution that can be
| installed on any shared hosting server within minutes.
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http://linux.sys-con.com/read/435730_p.htm
Related:
Yahoo! to boost collaboration offerings with Zimbra
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| The move reflects the belief among major players that collaboration
| represents a massive growth market. In March this year, Cisco paid $US3.2b
| for WebEx, a market leader in on-demand collaboration applications.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14486/1054/
The Deal with Zimbra
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| Zimbra released the software a few weeks ago under an open-source license in
| an effort to build momentum among developers. And some of its VC investors
| previously backed other open-source stalwarts such as Red Hat, MySQL, and
| JBoss (Netscape alum Eric Hahn is also an investor and board member).
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http://blogs.business2.com/business2blog/2005/09/the_deal_with_z.html
The open-source Gold Rush
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| Let's tally up the list:
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| * Zimbra - $350 million (on ~$10 million (guessing here, but
| guessing at the high end, I think) of trailing revenues) - September
| 2007
| * XenSource - $500 million (on $1 million in trailing revenues) -
| August 2007
| * JBoss - $350 million (on $27 million in 2006 revenues) - June
| 2006
| [...]
|
| * SUSE - $210 million (can't remember revenues - I think $30-40
| million) - November 2003
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9779997-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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