“Free is a universal price, requires no currency translation, and reaches the longest tail of the market,” writes Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz in a post today on OStatic regarding the future of open source, and the Internet’s most valuable brands, he notes — from Amazon to Google to Skype to Facebook — all offer users something for free. Schwartz touches on a wide range of topics related to open source’s future, from changes in the global economy to open source as a business model, as well as Sun’s cloud computing initiatives.
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