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Software has come full circle, says open source player

The journey of software from an original, open source/hardware movement to a closed-shop, licensed world and back to open source is now complete and for many businesses open source is a viable and more flexible alternative, the vice-president of a Silicon Valley open source firm told siliconrepublic.com.