Open-source M&A may not happen in 2009
Techflash suggests that big technology companies like Oracle and Microsoft may re-enter the mergers and acquisitions market in 2009, scooping up companies at low valuations. This bodes well for an industry bent on recovery, but it probably won’t help open source.
In an economy that is increasingly kind to open source, open-source companies are seeing revenues rise and will resist the lower valuations that plague proprietary peers.
Open-source M&A may not happen in 2009 | The Open Road – CNET News
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