Open-source vendors: Monopolies waiting to happen?

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JBoss developer Roy Russo wonders if all open-source companies are de facto monopolistic. Like many others that I respect (Dave Rosenberg, Lonn Johnston, President Bush, Oscar the Grouch), Russo says any market ultimately has room for only one purveyor of free software.

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spikeb

1 year 5 weeks 1 day 35 min ago

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i can't say i care if they're monopolies

i can't say i care if they're monopolies or not.

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kiba

1 year 5 weeks 21 min 19 sec ago

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Highly unlikely. Ubuntu may

Highly unlikely.

Ubuntu may be the king of the game but I heard RedHat still thriving.

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aboutblank

1 year 4 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago

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No. The whole point of FOSS is

No. The whole point of FOSS is so the user doesn't have to become dependant upon any one author.