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Open Source: wrecking the business of software?

Partly to try out this 'blog' facility, partly to see whether there is a response:

In some discussion on the business of software I have seen, more than once I have seen a certain hostility towards the idea of open source. One of the argument is it cheapens software, makes life difficult for people to sell software.

While I don't pretend to have all the answer, here's my (rather abbreviated) take on open source, and why my business is using open source.

Essentially, I believe source code is j… Continue

Posted on September 29, 2008 at 9:29am — 17 Comments

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At 8:36pm on September 28, 2008, Neil Davidson said…
Hi Perry! Thanks for signing up. Good to see somebody else from the UK here.
 
 
 

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