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http://news.cnet.com/8300-13505_3-16.html - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay
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Open-source development, when it works, perhaps works so well and at such a frenetic pace that no proprietary vendor can hope to compete.
Software
Linux
Software vendors may lose out in the new open-source economy that empowers users to write more software.
Other
The gurus said that the community would change the way the industry develops and sells software. The gurus were wrong.
Online
Wikipedia
Microsoft is now offering support for MySQL, which should give pause to every open-source company that expects to make money through support subscriptions.
Online
Microsoft
Amazon
IBM
Gartner's Nick Jones wants to characterize Apple as a consumer company, but what happens when those consumers start using Apple's tech in the enterprise en masse?
Software
Apple
Monopoly is a dreaded word for the open-source community, so why are we as prone as anyone else to embrace natural monopolies?
Mobile
Microsoft has something even more fearsome than Firefox snapping at its heels: its own online business. But the industry still needs to hedge against Microsoft with Firefox.
Online
Microsoft
Firefox
Mozilla
Open source is doing well. But to thrive, commercial open-source software may need a Goliath or two to provide exits and funding for start-ups.
Hardware
While the Netherlands means well in its attempt to foster open source adoption, the management of its policy may actually be hurting open source uptake, not helping it.
Other
Both Google Android and Symbian are open-source mobile platforms. So why is Android getting so much more traction, despite being later than Symbian to the party?
Mobile
Android
Symbian
For many within the open-source community, it's easier to hate Microsoft than to engage it. This is a mistake, and won't help open source solve its own problems.
Software
Microsoft
Open source is becoming an increasingly mainstream way to develop software, but the Apache Software Foundation may have cornered the market on doing it jerk-free.
Other
While the IT economy may be recovering, cloud computing and open source are driving fewer dollars into fewer vendor wallets. Expect a bloodbath to ensue.
Hardware
It's very possible to be completely open-source without being completely open, but this may fade as more companies learn to use open source effectively.
Online
SAP apparently doesn't understand the irony of a proprietary software company demanding that complements like Java be open.
Hardware
Google and Red Hat open-source software because they are increasingly competing on the efficiency of services, which Microsoft and others don't seem to understand.
Software
As businesses try to capitalize on the growing mobile software market, open source can offer a way to encourage adoption and build products in the image of the prospective buyer.
Mobile
Android
Apple
Google Dashboard is putting personal data in the hands of users, but most of us won't care enough to exercise this control.
Other
Amazon.com's fork of the MySQL database suggests that competition is alive and well, regardless of Oracle's desire to buy Sun or of the European Commission.
Online
Amazon
"Skype is going open source!" screamed the headlines over the weekend. If only. While Skype has acknowledged an interest in making its Linux client open-source, this may not mean very much in practice.
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