Sometimes you just can’t buy out open source
In fall last year, Checkpoint announced its plans to take over Sourcefire, which sells Marti Roesch’s famous Snort intrusion detection & prevention system, for a sum of about 225 Million US-Dollars. Now, two weeks ago, after an investigation through the US government, the offer was withdrawn and the deal was cancelled.
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What do we learn from that? Simple again: that open source is unstoppable. Once it’s accepted and widely used, commercial interests of a few are worth less than the demands of many. Full Story |
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