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 IBM Acquires Gluecode, Commoditizes the Application Server Market, Legitimizes the "Open-Source Business Model," and Takes WebSphere Further "Down Market." And Then in the Afternoon... $1,500.00 This IDC Insight looks at the May 10, 2005, announcement by IBM that it had acquired Gluecode, a four-year-old start-up with an instantiation of the Apache Geronimo application server and a no-license-fee/subscription-support-fee business model. The acquisition has major market research implications for the application deployment software market in particular and software pricing and licensing in general. |
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