Posted 11/25/08 at 03:30:24 PM by David Murphy

Does open-source software do more to hurt the industry or help?  You might guess the latter: we certainly did.  But as it turns out, open-source software can actually be the bane of smaller software developers.  After all, what does one do when one's primary meal-ticket gets taken over by the open-source community?  For most developers, that's a lights-out proposition.  But is this a reflection of where software development is expected to head in the future?  Will it be a free for all?

We explore the changing face of software development after the jump!

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