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Analysts say IBM's purchase of Gluecode Software is proof that Big Blue is taking its open source strategy into a new phase and seeking to better define the value of open source by filling in blank spots among tools and applications.
This new phase, said Hayward, Calif.-based Pund-IT Research principal analyst Charles King, is one that will require a conscious, serious effort on the part of IBM.
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