MySQL, Sleepycat, Xen, to name a few were open source companies that were acquired by multi-source companies before they grew too big to be affordable. Who knows if these and others that were acquired would have ever reached the $1B mark, but as long as they keep getting snatched up, it lessens the chances we will see more.
MySQL, Sleepycat, Xen, to name a few were open source companies that were acquired by multi-source companies before they grew too big to be affordable. Who knows if these and others that were acquired would have ever reached the $1B mark, but as long as they keep getting snatched up, it lessens the chances we will see more.
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Acquisition curbs the quantity of large players
MySQL, Sleepycat, Xen, to name a few were open source companies that were acquired by multi-source companies before they grew too big to be affordable. Who knows if these and others that were acquired would have ever reached the $1B mark, but as long as they keep getting snatched up, it lessens the chances we will see more.
Acquisition curbs the quantity of large players
MySQL, Sleepycat, Xen, to name a few were open source companies that were acquired by multi-source companies before they grew too big to be affordable. Who knows if these and others that were acquired would have ever reached the $1B mark, but as long as they keep getting snatched up, it lessens the chances we will see more.