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Harvard Adds Open Source to its MBA Curriculum

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the to-BeOS-or-not-to-BeOS dept.

mjasay writes to tell us that Harvard has started teaching open source to its aspiring MBA candidates. In the latest issue of Harvard Business Review, Harvard presents business managers with a tough decision: To open source a successful (but increasingly vulnerable) product or guard its intellectual property zealously? As the case study's open source proponent suggests, "Open source is like a rising tide. You either float with it or drown."

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  1. Twofo Goatse by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Goatse.[goatse.ch]

    You nerds love it.

  2. Re:What about Zimbra? by GauteL · · Score: -1, Troll

    [q]If you look at how Zimbra [...] works, it really is a miracle that you get a first-grade email server with CalDav, Jabber, [...] in an interface of commercial quality and usability, you will find that this is open-source wedded with commercial enterprise done right.[/q]

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