With the success of companies like MySQL, JBoss, Cygnus and SleepyCat, open source software has introduced major changes to the way corporate IT adopts new technology. Yet open source business practices have a long way to go before the industry as a whole is fully embraced by CIOs.
In particular, I believe that the patchwork quilt of licenses and business practices among open-source vendors is a major barrier to enterprise adoption of open source. Vendor standardization on a simple and commercially More»

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The open source feeding frenzy continues. Last year it was Redhat acquiring JBoss. This year it’s Sun acquiring MySQL. This is a strong validation for the open source business model, and gives Sun a new software platform for leadership in the enterprise.
MySQL has been strong in the web database market and is just now poking its nose into the enterprise. To do this, they have teamed up with WaveMaker for companies looking to replace their client/server tools like Oracle More»

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