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The Story Behind JBoss's Boss

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-it-for-the-greater-good dept.

kosamae writes "Businessweek has an interesting article about Marc Fleury. It's more about the business and personal end of his life than about the technology he's helped to create." From the article: "But while Fleury, like Neo, is something of a cult figure, few people in the old or new software world want to think of him as their savior. Brash, outspoken, and frequently insulting, Fleury has clawed his way to the top of the open-source pile over the past six years. Part of the dislike arises because he's a threat. Even though JBoss brings in only $50 million a year in revenues, at most, from providing training, support, and maintenance services to its users, it has siphoned off some hundreds of millions in market value from the likes of BEA Systems and IBM by giving away free software."

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  1. What the shit is with these new ads? by Tweekster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Or did Xerox hack slashdot because these ads are really crappy. I never bothered to block ads on this site before but I am about to now.

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    The phrase "more better" is acceptable English. suck it grammar Nazis
    1. Re:What the shit is with these new ads? by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If you block them, they don't register as being viewed and you keep seeing them every time you try to view your new messages/user panel. Guess those are off limits for me now!

  2. Re:Open Source -- a rebirth of true capitalism? by mOdQuArK! · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I am a true capitalist (anarcho-capitalist) at heart, and I believe that earning money requires constant work in the field you're in.
    Hear, hear.

    True capitalists believe that you get paid for providing desired goods or services for your customers.

    If you don't provide desired goods or services, you don't deserve to get paid.

    If you want to _keep_ getting paid, then you have to _continue_ to provide desired goods or services.

    Expecting anything more than that is just greed, no matter how you rationalize it.

    (To be honest, I'm not a True Capitalist - I do believe that for societal health reasons there needs to be a systemic mechanism to prevent wealth and power from accumulating in too few hands - but I'm definitely of the opinion that IP laws have no place in a properly-functioning free market.