# Open source vs proprietary software:  Two reasons why OpenSt

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Open source vs proprietary software: Two reasons why OpenStack has a business model that works for the customer (not the vendor)

Ever since Richard Stallman – that legendary stalwart of the Free Software Movement – started the GNU project in 1983, open source software has generated intensely polarized, even passionate, opinions. With a wide divide between those in favor and those against, there is no shortage of people willing to share a negative opinion about the …  
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