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[News] Lookahead at Another Year for Free/Open Source Software

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Commercial open source business strategies in 2009 and beyond

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| The future of commercial open source software lies in commercial licensing 
| strategies, but which are the strategies that are more likely to deliver the 
| results vendors are looking for?  
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| [...]
| 
| I certainly expect to see more vendor-dominated communities created as 
| vendors seek to use “The Law of Conservation of Attractive Profits” as a 
| strategic competitive weapon with which to undermine rivals and boost revenue 
| generation opportunities.   
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| While larger vendors have tended to form foundations around 
| previously-proprietary code it is not unreasonable to think that open source 
| specialists could also provide attractive acquisition targets for the same 
| purpose.   
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/01/05/commercial-open-source-business-strategies-in-2009-and-beyond/


Recent:

Open Source Suggestions for a New Year

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| The last thing I want to see is Linux, thanks in part to the OEM’s, devolve
| into the same mind numbing bloatware nonsense that currently plagues Windows.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=509


Open Source: Not a Business Model and Not Broken

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| In particular, the acquiring companies need to consider carefully the effect
| on the open source companies employees and their community when modifying the
| business model. As more open source companies are acquired by traditional
| software companies, these issues will take on increasing importance. Both
| sides need to understand that such an integration will require flexibility.
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http://lawandlifesiliconvalley.com/blog/?p=130


December 2008 Web Server Survey

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| Apache shows the largest growth this month, gaining a further 2.47 million
| sites.
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http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/12/24/december_2008_web_server_survey.html
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