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RE: Red Hat CEO: Money crisis will boost open source

Boris Kraft 17th Oct 2008

I believe the remark is right on the money. As an open-source
software company [1], I am expecting increased revenue in the
slowdown. In fact, the number of high profile requests we have
had lately is amazing and clearly shows this trend. This is not
about Linux or other OS's. It is about Open-Source Software,
which has clear cost benefits over proprietary software. This
stems mainly from a drastically different approach in distribution,
marketing and sales of that software, so the cost benefit has
nothing to do with quality, it has to do with process. If you don't
have the money to spend on feeding your vendor's expensive
senior sales guys' bonuses, Open-Source is a brilliant alternative.
You won't get the chit-chat on the golf course, an no invitation
to dinner in expensive restaurants, but then again, that was paid
with your money anyways.

[1] http://www.magnolia-cms.com/