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标题：On the Ambiguity of Commercial Open Source
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作者：Ioan Despi ; Lucian Luca
期刊名称：Annals. Computer Science Series
印刷版ISSN：1583-7165
电子版ISSN：2065-7471
出版年度：2006
卷号：4
期号：01
页码：31-39
出版社：Mirton Publishing House, Timisoara
摘要：. Open source and commercial applications used to be two separate worlds. The former was the work of amateurs who had little interest in making a profit, while the latter was only profit oriented and was produced by big companies. Nowadays open source is a threat and an opportunity to serious businesses of all kinds, generating good profits while delivering low costs products to customers. The competition between commercial and open source software has impacted the industry and the society as a whole. But in the last years, the markets for commercial and open source software are converging rapidly and it is interesting to resume and discuss the implications of this new paradigm, taking into account arguments pro and against it.