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Day Software combines traditional and open source software

Over the past few weeks, I've talked to a variety of players in the open source world, including people at EnterpriseDB. No doubt, it's a powerful force -- and that's attracting a good amount of venture capital. What's more, companies like Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) have shown that there's money to be made.

But is it possible for a mainstream software company to offer open source? Well, there's no clear-cut answer yet. After all, it's tough to sell a customer expensive software but at the same time offer a free version.

Yet, as history has shown, the software industry can be nimble.

Take Day Software. Based in Switzerland, the company has built a franchise in the content management space. Revenues are growing nicely and the company drops a lot of cash flow.

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