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