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I don't dispute that open source is used in commercial ways. What I am saying, however, is that you cannot really call it "open" source, and then use proprietary in the same sentence. I don't disagree at all with there being commercial platforms, built on open source technologies. RHEL is the first example, which came to mind. My only question, then, is this. If open source components are used to build proprietary applications in the cloud, what makes them any different from the Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft Clouds, other than that they are not developed by the same team?

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Thanks for the shout out  DanaBlankenhorn ZDNet Moderator | 06/15/09
Master Joe Says...  MasterJoe | 06/15/09
Master Joe says....  storm14k | 06/15/09
Master Joe Says...Again  MasterJoe | 06/15/09
One can use open source in commercial products...  dionhinchcliffe ZDNet Moderator | 06/15/09
Master joe Says...Again  MasterJoe | 06/15/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  mr1972 | 06/15/09
Excellent points, so here's what might happen...  dionhinchcliffe ZDNet Moderator | 06/15/09
open standards  coffeeshark | 06/15/09
The Education needs to Be there  mr1972 | 06/15/09
open sauce  muzza2005 | 06/15/09
Application of economies of scale - develope once, charge many.  softwareFlunky | 06/15/09
Cloud is no-win in most cases...  Marty R. Milette | 06/15/09
what!?.  magallanes | 06/15/09
Cloud vendors will use OSS as a stepping stone for their own platforms  dionhinchcliffe ZDNet Moderator | 06/15/09
Open source is not equal to Linux  AllureFX | 06/15/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  Atari800 | 06/15/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  jsteinman@... | 06/15/09
Wolf Platform-as-a-Service offers freedom from being locked as key USP  TryKurt | 06/18/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  swardley@... | 06/22/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  dejudicibus | 07/08/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  LawyerMommy | 07/08/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  BaltimoreBarry | 09/02/09
RE: Cloud computing and open source face-off  r432 | 09/26/09

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