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| | No-cost software can bring unexpected dividends - Washington Business Journal: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | What he's done with Zope is called open sourcing, and it's receiving a lot of attention from programmers, the press and the financial community. |
 | | When Digital Creations open sourced Zope in December, it was with the backing and encouragement of Verticality Invest-ment Group, a venture capital firm based in Jersey City, N.J. A month earlier, VIG had given Digital Creations $750,000 in venture funding. |
 | | "Zope is an excellent product, but its market niche is dominated by big players with deep pockets," said Hadar Pedhazur, a principal in VIG who is also chairman of Digital Creations' board of directors. |
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