The past few years have seen many open source companies being bought by proprietary ones. Back in 2003 Novell bought German Linux maker SuSE. A few years ago Sun Microsystems bought database maker MySQL in a landmark $1 billion deal, and then last year Sun Microsystems was itself snapped up by Oracle. One of the more […]
Muggie van Staden
Muggie van Staden helped start Obsidian Systems while he was still studying at RAU. After completing his studies, Van Staden left Obsidian to work at an engineering firm, only to return in 1999 to take the reins as managing director. As MD, he has overseen the growth in the company, in both services on offer and revenue.
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Open source: It’s not all or nothing
Too often open source software is portrayed as an all-or-nothing option. In reality a mixed environment is the first step to a successful migration. Free and open source software is famously versatile. Think of just about any piece of software your business uses and chances are there is an open source alternative. And if there […]