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Open Source Names to Watch

Posted Mar 25, 2008 06:09pm EDT by Sarah Lacy in Internet, Software and Services, Venture Capital, M and A, IPOs
Related: IBM, java, yhoo, msft, novl, hpq, sap
Whether you're bearish on the current crop of open source companies like I am or bullish like Mule Source CEO Dave Rosenberg, you have to admit the movement has fundamentally changed software. In most cases, it's a change for the better. The software is almost always cheaper with fewer bugs and encourages collaboration among coders everywhere. Beyond just corporate servers, open source pervades the Net and the world around us, running in everything from TiVo to cell phones to cars. Here, Rosenberg and I discuss who still looks good among open source startups, now that high profile names like Jboss and MySQL have been acquired, and what big companies have profited the trend the most.
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13 Comments

Yahoo! Finance User
Yahoo! Finance User - Tuesday March 25, 2008 06:51PM EDT

cool

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Syd
Syd - Tuesday March 25, 2008 08:53PM EDT

This guy is the most credible CEO I've seen in a long time. Mulesource will continue to be leader in the space.

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Douglas
Douglas - Tuesday March 25, 2008 10:41PM EDT

I went to B-school with Dave and agree completely. No one knows this space better.

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wily
wily - Wednesday March 26, 2008 03:33AM EDT

it's fine,.,. not cool......

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wily
wily - Wednesday March 26, 2008 03:33AM EDT

it's fine,.,. not cool......

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剑飞
剑飞 - Wednesday March 26, 2008 11:21AM EDT

Actually,it's normal

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Reverend Gordon
Reverend Gordon - Wednesday March 26, 2008 11:56AM EDT

How could you not mention Mozilla Firefox (The most supreme web browser known to man) ?!?

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jeff
jeff - Wednesday March 26, 2008 12:46PM EDT

and...how could you not mention the newest and fastest growing data integration company, XAware? www.xaware.org

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Joseph
Joseph - Wednesday March 26, 2008 02:01PM EDT

I don't really agree that Novell is the most disappointing in this space. Sure they should have a bigger market share than they do, but really they've kicked things into high gear since Messman was ousted as CEO.

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JANET
JANET - Wednesday March 26, 2008 06:21PM EDT

Don't like change of portfolio page in Yahoo Finance.

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Bucky Stew
Bucky Stew - Thursday March 27, 2008 01:06PM EDT

Novell is helping the Open Source movement more than any other company. They are focused on making Open Source software work with proprietary software which is driving the adoption of OS software in the enterprise. Their partnership with Microsoft is a huge benefit to customers and is enabling Open Source to enter into companies where before, it would not be even considered.

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Yahoo! Finance User
Yahoo! Finance User - Thursday March 27, 2008 05:04PM EDT

This guy is a moron... named same ol' names, no clue as to what's leading edge in open source

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Jono Bacon
Jono Bacon - Saturday March 29, 2008 06:51PM EDT

See what happens Dave when youre not a good lucking dude? You dont get flirted with. Btw, THIS is how the 'Zuck' interview should have been done instead of the Oprah garbage we got at SXSW, I wanted to see for myself how Ms Lacy does her interviews and she's not one of the myriads of pretty faces that tech organizations foist on us. Maybe you should stick to journalism like this clip shows you can do.

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