Open season.

The article examines the rise of open-source computing. Topics discussed include sample of governments that prefer their officials to use open-source software; acquisition deal between computer hardware company International Business Machines (IBM) and Red Hat, an American maker of a free open-sourc...

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Publicado en:	Economist Vol. 433; no. 9163; pp. 13 - 15
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Economist Newspaper Limited 10/5/2019
Materias:	International Business Machines Corp. Red Hat Inc. Open source software Computer software Freeware (Computer software)
Acceso en línea:	Ver este registro en EBSCOhost

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Sumario:	The article examines the rise of open-source computing. Topics discussed include sample of governments that prefer their officials to use open-source software; acquisition deal between computer hardware company International Business Machines (IBM) and Red Hat, an American maker of a free open-source operating system; and reasons IBM's decision to make Power chip designs open-source are welcome.