Ten Bleeding-Edge Open Source Companies
If financial backing is any indicator, open-source companies are hot these days. In the past year, Linux Networx raised $37 million, Zend Technologies hauled in $20 million, and MontaVista scored $21 million. For those keeping an eye on exit strategies, last summer saw JBoss acquired by Red Hat for a cool $350 million.
Of course, the VC stamp of approval comes at a cost. Open-source vendors with VC money in their coffers feel a certain warmth breath on their neck. It's time to make a profit, boys. Gone are the days when work can be done on an informal “project” basis. Suddenly, old-fashioned headaches like marketing and staffing are as important as forward-looking open source code development.
In other words: Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
But whatever headaches they endure to get funded, there’s no doubt that this new generation of companies is remaking the software industry. New alliances are being formed, new attitudes are being shaped. What exactly the software business will look like when these firms mature is far from clear, but it won’t be the same.
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