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Facing the open source firing squad (ZDNet)

Here's another ZDNet column on the business of open source software - or the lack thereof. "In other words, proprietary software revenue wags the open source tail, not the other way around. The fact that IBM hires people to work full time on open source is less of an indication of open source's inherent profitability than a demonstration of the freedom available to companies with business models based on the revenue generating power of proprietary software."
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