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Linux leader Red Hat is selling subscriptions for three collections of higher-level applications that run Web sites' Java server software.
The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.
Open-source software, increasingly popular with budget-conscious companies, is beginning to expand into a new area: The lucrative infrastructure-software market dominated by industry giants such as Microsoft.
A team of computer industry veterans, including a former Microsoft executive, are launching an open-source company that aims to be the Dell of the software industry.
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Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.
The open-source movement has already rewritten the rules for how software is licensed and used. Now the computer services market is changing to keep up.
Open-source software is starting to expand into the big-ticket infrastructure-software market dominated by Microsoft and others.
Dot-bomb survivor Kim Polese sees an industry renaissance fed by the increasing corporate use of open-source software.
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