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Re:A “Perfect Storm” Moment for Multibillion-Dollar Open Sou... by emeidi on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @04:39AM (#7472224)
... says a guy working for a company heavily invested in an OSS vendor. But please, dear reader, don't expect any bias or even wishful thinking.

(Disclaimer: I use OSS software heavily and admire it, but I'm always sceptical when I read statements like "The time is now to make money in open source")

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Re:A “Perfect Storm” Moment for Multibillion-Dollar Open Sou... by koralatov on Wednesday March 26, 2014 @08:40AM (#7472947)
At least in this case, he leads with the fact he has a financial interest in the field: ``At Index Ventures, we have been investing...''. Too many similar pieces either bury that important piece of information, or omit it entirely.
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