Is Red Hat Doing Its Part to Win the ‘Open Source’ War?
“Should you believe Red Hat’s claims that its new Exchange
marketplace for ‘open source business applications’ contains nothing
but open source business applications? We say ‘no’–since not even Red
Hat appears to have a good answer for this question.“So far, Red Hat has filled its Exchange, also known as RHX,
with software from numerous companies, including SugarCRM, Zimbra, and
Alfresco. In posting their wares to the exchange, these software makers
have given Red Hat permission to lead sales and provide support.
Ultimately, all the vendors involved celebrate RHX as a way of boosting
the sale of open source software to small and mid-sized businesses…”

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