IBM wouldn’t benefit from Sun’s open-source plan
Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has put forward a compelling argument as to how Sun will monetize open-source software.
Fortunately, he may never need to, as it seems all-but-certain that IBM will acquire Sun, perhaps as early as this week, according to sources familiar with the matter.
In a nutshell, Schwartz argues that chief information officers decide to pay for for value, and value is more than just software. Schwartz seems to be suggesting that open source makes a great complement to a larger systems business, and/or that for mission-critical tasks, CIOs will pay to ensure that a company stands behind the code.
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