But, writes Lee Kimber , the open source movement is getting in on the act H aving first challenged Microsoft, the open source movement is now taking on Sun, Oracle and stock market highfliers like Vignette. This time the battle is not over operating systems, but free versus priced Web application servers.
Application servers are an important component for e-commerce sites, creating healthy demand.
Stocks of Texas-based firm Vignette have soared over the past year as investors have woken up to the potential of Vignette's specialist application servers to reshape Web content according to Web customers' surfing patterns. Many suppliers, from large database vendors through to small development houses, have begun to offer application servers in a bid to capture sales as businesses embark on e-commerce projects. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of ZDNetUK is prohibited. ZDNetUK and the ZDNetUK logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.