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Open source is more than free: The Untangle experience
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| Untangle, however, has done it right, and the downloads have followed. From
| 145 in June of 2007 to 41,419 in April of 2008, interest in Untangle has
| rocketed with its adoption of open-source licensing.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9940470-16.html
MySQL has had over 100,000,000 downloads. It's a case of evolve or die.
Related:
MySQL CEO: it's tough for private open source firms
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| "As soon as the deal closed we immediately secured a big deal with a major
| European national police agency," said Mickos, now SVP database products at
| Sun. "Key to them choosing MySQL was that we are now part of a much larger
| public corporation. The deal wouldn't have happened when we were private."
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| Downloads of the firm's free, open source database have accelerated too, from
| around 50,000 a day before the deal was announced to around 60,000 per day
| now - 67,000 copies were downloaded on Monday.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2008/03/mysql_ceo_its_t.html
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