Spheres of engagement

Had a meeting with IBM (t d f) recently. IBM invests a lot in Open Source Software development. Their somehow delegated developers are not allowed to call home due to a risky intellectual property situation. That involvement sounds generous, however, it seems as if IBMs business modell conceives of OSS (t d f) – say Geronimo (t d f) – as an entry point to commercial licenses – say WAS (t d f). I don’t feel comfortably with that except as a business model for … . But well IBM is not alone almost all major software companies are involved in open source development.

Nonetheless the air is getting thinner for the Webspheres and alike.