EMC reportedly buys SourceLabs, but for what purpose?
Published 1/3/2009 by Matt Asay at CNET News - Business Tech
TechFlash is reporting that EMC has purchased SourceLabs for an undisclosed fee. The unanswered question in TechFlash 's report is why EMC would buy SourceLabs, a provider of support tools for Linux and other open-source software.
It's not that SourceLabs isn't a good company. I have followed SourceLabs ... Originally posted at The Open Road
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