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Success May Threaten Open Source Ethic

Publication:Linux InsiderDate:Apr 24 2006
Reporter:John P. Mello Jr.

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Popularity may be a menace as well as a benefit for the open source software movement, according to an analyst at Forrester Research in Boston, Mass.

In a report titled "Vendors Refine Their Open Source Strategies/The Risk of Subverting Open Source Freedoms Mounts," Senior Analyst Michael Goulde cautions the open source community about the corrupting influence profit-seeking software players could have on its ecosystem.




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