« Have a Backup Plan | Main | Chrysta Bell » Open Source as BusinessMiguel de Icaza sold Ximian to Novell, a company that's betting its future on Open Source as the viable alternative to Microsoft. Says Miguel, quoted in an article published at technologyreview.com, “There are a lot of motivations in the open-source community, like the freedom to choose software platforms and the chance to innovate,” he says, referring to the global community of programmers who write software that others are free to download and modify. “Now one of my motivations is that I’m being paid to do this, and I have to deliver products.” jon posted this at 9:24 AM |
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