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#1

hi

for my final project i do (part time), i search company who have open its closed software.

my project is to show the impact that could happen on an enterprise when it decide to open it’s software, also i search the best way to do the move.

can you suggest me any company that i could ask some question?

thank

#2

On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:16:01 +0000, collinm wrote:

> can you suggest me any company that i could ask some question?

The Blender project is code that was formerly closed source. The
community purchased the code and then opened it, IIRC.

You might try talking to them.

Jim

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#3

not really what i search because company who sell blender is not alive and don’t continue to have a release of their product…

#4

On Thu, 02 Oct 2014 23:36:01 +0000, collinm wrote:

> not really what i search because company who sell blender is not alive
> and don’t continue to have a release of their product…

You could also try Novell, especially as regards iFolder or FLAIM. The
former is a product, but the latter is just a component.

Jim

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#5

could be nice, but i need to have access to somebody at novell… don’t think that would be easy

#6

On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 11:56:01 +0000, collinm wrote:

> could be nice, but i need to have access to somebody at novell… don’t
> think that would be easy

Visit the website, hit the “contact us” link and see what you get for a
response.

Jim

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