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HP to complete webOS open sourcing by September
For those of you not following the open source operating system world this may not seem like a big deal. Heck even if you are it still might not seem like a big deal but BSD IMO has a real shot at gaining ground in a few key areas Linux hasn't been able to because of certain OS licensing issues. I have yet to try FreeBSD but I think I may finally dip my toe in that pond. Can I use this as an excuse to buy a new machine :)
This is a great point that anyone who uses opensource (and I would argue any kind of free app) should be paying it back however they can.
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Around 23% of current Microsoft Exchange customers will leave Microsoft for open source e-mail products within in the next year and a half, according to a survey by research and consulting firm Yankee Group due out next month. If those surveyed actually follow through, it would represent a significant turnaround for a product whose market share is on the rise and relatively dominant in the e-mail market.
The executive summary of the report calls this finding a "stunner" and an "ominous portent for Microsoft."
However, despite the findings, even the report's author views the Exchange migration prediction with a critical eye that looks beyond the few percentage point margin of error. "What people say in the heat of the moment, they won't always carry through on," says Yankee analyst Laura DiDio, relating back to a 2001 survey that had found 38% of respondents saying they'd move completely away from Windows, something that simply hasn't happened. "Customers often go into these things blind."
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