| We lawyers have noticed a trend: in the early | | | | |
| days, open source software was seen as | | | | Whether you are a company producing open |
| renegade stuff, unsuitable for mainstream | | | | source products or whether you are a company |
| business. Increasingly, however, businesses | | | | using them, it is essential that all of the |
| are utilising open source technology for a | | | | implications of using open source are thought |
| wide range of technology including | | | | through strategically, having regard to the |
| fundamentals such as the operating software. | | | | short, medium and long term aspirations of |
| | | | the organisation. |
| Red Hat is the most recognised commercial | | | | |
| open source brand and is seeing significant | | | | For users, the relative cheapness of open |
| growth year on year as open source products | | | | source products is clearly attractive. |
| take off. | | | | However, with the wrong provider, the |
| | | | disadvantages may outweigh the advantages. |
| Open source products have been dogged by a | | | | |
| reputation for unreliability and for a | | | | About Kaltons |
| dubious audit trail for its intellectual | | | | |
| property rights. This is a lawyer's nightmare | | | | We provide you with a different approach to |
| when it comes to buying and selling companies | | | | achieving your commercial objectives. |
| because of the difficulty in making sure that | | | | |
| a user is not unwittingly breaching someone | | | | We work with market leaders whose sole focus |
| else's rights. | | | | is to help make those objective real. |
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| Red Hat has nevertheless managed to carve a | | | | Our unique blend of law, breakthrough |
| significant market for its product in the | | | | business consultancy and technology expertise |
| face of this reputation and is now taken as a | | | | gives us the edge in understanding your needs |
| mainstream provider, used by many | | | | and focusing on solutions. |
| organisations large and small. | | | | |