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Open source's future: More Microsoft; Microsoft won't confirm flaw

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Open source's future: More Microsoft, bigger talent shortages

Bob Brown By Bob Brown
The open source industry in 2008 will be marked by more news out of Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and other big IT vendors, less start-up funding, more M&A activity, and an increasingly serious talent shortage. Read full story


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