Chapter 10: Software in Flux: Partly Cloudy and Sometimes Free

10.1 Introduction
10.2 Open Source
10.3 Why Open Source?
10.4 Examples of Open Source Software
10.5 Why Give It Away? The Business of Open Source
10.6 Cloud Computing: Hype or Hope?
10.7 The Software Cloud: Why Buy When You Can Rent?
10.8 SaaS: Not without Risks
10.9 The Hardware Cloud: Utility Computing and Its Cousins
10.10 Clouds and Tech Industry Impact
10.11 Virtualization: Software That Makes One Computer Act Like Many
10.12 Make, Buy, or Rent

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