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Open Source Licensing - Cuts Both Ways?

Posted by Hemos on from the up-for-debate dept.

shortscruffydave writes "The Register is running a piece Open source databases - a sword that cuts both ways? which mentions one of the potential pitfalls of open source databases: "Open source is just another licensing model: the more accepted it becomes, the more it is adopted at a strategic level, the more it plays back into the hands of the traditional behemoths that dominate the industry". " I couldn't disagree more with the author of this piece, since I think the success of Postgres & MySQL are already contra-proof positive, but the piece is still an interesting read.

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  1. Re:This article has no point. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're right. IBM has given a lot of shit away for free.

  2. OSS Strategy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    This is bad news for open source enthusiasts.
    Maybe this should have read "This is bad news for open source euthenists." Anyway, what's so bad about companies using OSS as a strategy?
  3. Toronto the nation-state by epine · · Score: 4, Funny


    This is the same view of Fortune 500 Enterprise that Toronto has of its role within Canada. Whether the other nine provinces have ceased to exist depends on who you ask.

  4. SHHH , this is /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Who founded Bloor Research? Who funds them? Who owns stock in them? Who are the members of their executive board and what are their social connections?"

    SHHH , this is /. , they used to care about that stuff , but not anymore.

  5. Open Source Licensing cuts like a knife. by sulli · · Score: 2, Funny
    But it feels so right.

    (Na na na na na na na na na na)

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    sulli
    RTFJ.