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To: Rusty Johnson who wrote (2308)	9/13/2000 12:25:40 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2615

I love that story.. I think this paragraph sums it up. Corporations involved in the software industry are exploring open-source software, some with the enthusiasm of bodysurfers losing themselves in the roaring surf, others with the timidity of diffident waders in a lagoon full of sharks. They are by no means unified in their approach as an industry sector, or even internally within a single company. But there are executives and engineers at all of these companies who believe that an extraordinarily clear business case can be made for open-source software: Figure out how to make it your friend, before it starts dancing on your grave Tom Watson tosiwmee