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Biju Chacko wrote:

> Sounds impressive. But I wonder how much of a benefit these companies
> derive from Open Source. If you look at how they handle it and how the
> deals were structured, all they're getting is cheaper software.

The large 'enterprise' deals are rarely done on the strength of rah-rah
FLOSS. At the end of the day the rock bottom price gets the deal. The
important point is that do they return back to Open Source and do they
also foresee Open Source playing a part in some future deployments

- -SM


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You see things; and you say 'Why?';
But I dream things that never were;
and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw

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