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| Publication: | CNET | Date: | Sep 13 2004 |
IBM plans to announce Monday that it will contribute some of its speech-recognition software to two open-source software groups.
The move is a tactical step by IBM to accelerate the development of speech applications and to outmaneuver rivals, especially Microsoft, in a market that is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years with increased use in customer-service call centers, cars and elsewhere. To do this, IBM is again using the strategy of placing some of its proprietary software in open-source projects, making it available for other programmers to improve.
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