Has open source jumped the shark?

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AlexGr writes “”I’ve been a Linux fan for years, but lately I wonder if the drum beating from the big IT vendors in favor of open source hasn’t finally slipped over the edge from sincere enthusiasm to meaningless – or in some cases downright hypocritical – sloganeering. The example that brought this gloomy thought to mind was a recent IBM press release touting a “new open client solution” as an “alternative to vendor lock-in”. Wow. Imagine that. An alternative to vendor lock-in.””

Link: jeffgould.findtechblogs.com

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