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Red Hat CEO: Proprietary Software Model Broken
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| Jim Whitehurst, who has been CEO of Red Hat for five quarters, cited Delta
| Air Lines, his former company, in an example of why Linux is enjoying wider
| success these days.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216300082
Red Hat aims open-source at IT discomfort zone
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| Red Hat has told open-source vendors they shouldn't hesitate when selling
| against proprietary rivals during the current economic downturn.
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| The company's chief executive, Jim Whitehurst, has said that open-source
| faces a limited window of opportunity, before IT budgets recover inline with
| a general economic improvement.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/24/whitehurst_opensource_recession/
Transparency - the first step towards open source participation for proprietary
vendors
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| Turn Jim’s statement on its head and it also provides some good advice for
| those vendors:
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| Open source provides an answer
| Participation solves problems
| Transparency builds trust
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/03/24/transparency-the-first-step-towards-open-source-participation-for-proprietary-vendors/
Related:
Microsoft's new tack: Bribery as a business model
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| But truth be told, it's not the worst idea. What's the harm in giving it a
| shot? In a recession--or whatever you want to call the current economic
| malaise in the United States--consumers are open to bribes (oh, I forgot:
| rebates). So why not see if this strikes the people's fancy? But this is only
| a holding action. The reason more people use Google's search is the user
| experience. It works better, so they keep returning. Microsoft CEO Steve
| Ballmer knows this.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-9949286-60.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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