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Commercialization Shakes Hands with the Open Source Society
September, 2008
Closed source technologies equates into an industry built on the commercial back of profit. Open source technologies are a community of developers creating a software society built on innovation and invention. The focus of open source is creating and maintaining readable code, fostering innovation and security which in turn increases the value of applications. Learn about some of the great advantages of Open source technologies as well as weaknesses in the market today. This report explores how Red Hat has brought Open source technologies into the mainstream marketplace, why the Asian market is particularly ready for Open source and why customers are starting to look to Open source middleware as a favorable option.