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Could Too Much Commercial Control over Open Source Projects Backfire?

Posted by Kim Weins on December 24th, 2008 in Open Source Trends

I've written before about the sometimes negative impact that commercial vendors can have on open source projects. (See Should commercial open source vendors "own" an open source community?) Some business models and business practices of open source vendors (trying to control all committers and commits, withholding enhancements and fixes from community versions, etc) seem to turn an [...]

Comparing the Top Open Source Application Servers

Posted by Greg Bell on December 1st, 2008 in Support

One of the most popular categories of open source software is undoubtedly application servers. JBoss, Geronimo, and Tomcat are practically household names to anyone with even a passing familiarity with open source. But like any software package, every open source application server comes with its own pros and cons. Selecting the right open source application [...]