Going hybrid.

Focuses on the outlook for the open-source software movement. Problems such as the campaign of Microsoft against programs such as Linux, the free computer operating system; Background on the movement and the need for firms to become proprietary; Indication that Red Hat is going hybrid with a versio...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 364; no. 8283; pp. 57 - 59
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 7/27/2002
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Sumario:Focuses on the outlook for the open-source software movement. Problems such as the campaign of Microsoft against programs such as Linux, the free computer operating system; Background on the movement and the need for firms to become proprietary; Indication that Red Hat is going hybrid with a version of Linux that is not entirely open-source; Efforts of Oracle and others to undermine the market power of Microsoft and Sun Microsystems; Issue of the general public license and intellectual property.