Where is the outrage

Posted on March 1, 2006
Filed Under Companies, Innovation, Open Source, Trends |

It’s really hard to figure out what Oracle’s intentions are on open source. On one hand I’m inclined to believe that they may be disruptive enough to bolt on parts of Fusion middleware to a newly acquired open source stack, but on the other I think that Tom may be right in his assessment.

» Where is the outrage as mainstream vendors acquire open source software firms | Tom Foremski: IMHO | ZDNet.com

What Mr Ellison has done is scuppered that strategy. The ideals of thousands of software developers will not be be satisfied by the prospect of the mainstream enterprise sector buying the open source companies.

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