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IBM wouldn’t benefit from Sun’s open-source plan
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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 [...]
Sun CEO: Open source = free advertising
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There are many reasons to love open-source software, but Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz thinks that one of its biggest benefits is free advertising. As Schwartz suggests, developers don’t spend money. They spend time. That time spent with your technology, then, equates to free advertising, which advertising can presumably be [...]