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01 Jan 10

Seeking Profit in Open-Source Search Software - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

  • This setup has a boil-in-the-bag flavor because the software has already done the hard part: it found a devoted audience. All the entrepreneurs have to do is try to cash in on that proven popularity through support contracts and some marketing polish.

The case in favor of the open source enterprise database | IT Systems News - Betanews

  • One might argue that MySQL (ignoring the pending acquisition for a moment) is already mainstream, that the database has been commoditized, and there is a viable open source alternative to the dominant vendor. Not so. MySQL never challenged a major enterprise DBMS -- nor did it try to. The success of MySQL stems from the fact that it filled a market need that was largely being ignored by commercial vendors.

    The low-end, low-cost database market had no incumbent, and MySQL quickly filled the void giving developers a quick and easy tool for quickly creating Web-based applications that were easy to deploy and to administer. MySQL is developer-friendly and is geared for programmers who typically build client-rich applications using Ajax, PHP, or Perl.

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