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Open Source and Capitalism with Ashley Williams and Adam Jacob

Oxide and Friends

CHAPTER

Open Source as a Tool for Manipulating Competition

The chapter explores how open source can be used by big corporations to manipulate competition and change the dynamics of the market. It discusses the strategy of companies like Microsoft and Google launching open source projects as a way to compete with existing tools while benefiting their own ecosystem. It also highlights the impact of these actions on startups trying to enter the same space.

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