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Open Source and the "Xen" of Xen

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the not-all-roses dept.

willdavid writes "In a follow-up to his original look at what happened to Xen, Jeff Gould talks to XenSource CTO Simon Crosby. Usually we hear about how open source provides freedoms for end users. However, this article talks about the difficulty a small software developer has with an open source license, in particular, the need to prevent Red Hat, IBM or Novell from running away with all the business revenue."

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  1. Leading Write Up by lib3rtarian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Umm, I read the (short) posting, and it does not mention Novell even once. This is just slanderous, because boohoo Novell wants to steal all of our money? Come on, that's just a lame write up.

  2. Difficulties? by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 0, Troll
    What did they expect once they got involved with Microsoft?

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