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Article: Open sources #16-open-for business: open source is not just for hackers--but makes business sense, too!
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- December 1, 2008
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Open source is not just for the two-person garage shop hackers and it's not just for the masses of racks in Google's data centers. This month Paul Ramsey, both a business professional and an open source developer, explains that it makes sense for the rest of us, too.
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Open source software has had a wild, up-and-down ride over the past five years. In the guise of the Linux operating system, open source has moved from the niche tool of graduate students and basement hobbyists to the backbone of enterprises like Google [1] and Credit Suisse [2].
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Just as the corporate and marketing footprint of ...