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    Ingres chief bemoans UK's open-source reluctance
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    In the middle of the worst recession for some time, big software companies are raising their prices," he said. "After acquiring BEA Systems, Oracle raised prices for the WebLogic app server by 45 per cent. It is driving people to look for alternatives. The chief information officer of one large supermarket chain is quoted as saying he is disgusted with its pricing. He is now an Ingres customer." A lack of decent support from proprietary vendors is also driving enterprises into making the jump to open-source solutions, according to Burkhardt. Full Article at VNUNet.com
    After acquiring BEA Systems, Oracle raised prices for the WebLogic app server by 45 per cent. It is driving people to look for alternatives. The chief information officer of one large supermarket chain is quoted as saying he is disgusted with its pricing. He is now an Ingres customer.
    SOURCE: VNUNet.com 1 month ago
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Ingres chief bemoans UK's open-source reluctance
  1. The UK is the laggard when it comes to open-source adoption because some barriers do exist ... Not all open source is ready for enterprise adoption, but a lot of solutions are proven.
    SOURCE: VNUNet.com 1 month ago
  2. For proprietary companies it's more of a cost, and they choose to cut it down
    SOURCE: VNUNet.com 1 month ago
  3. Firms like the open-source model because it has no licensing fees, no lock-in and superior technology. In the middle of the worst recession for some time, big software companies are raising their prices
    SOURCE: VNUNet.com 1 month ago
  4. There is a large Swiss banking system doing funds transfer on a totally open-source platform, including Ingres, JBoss and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    SOURCE: VNUNet.com 1 month ago
  5. If you can satisfy the needs of the Swiss banking system, you are proven.
    SOURCE: VNUNet.com 1 month ago

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