I found this article over at Newsforge to be a refreshing read. It's the story of how Snort, the Open Source Network Intrustion Detection System (IDS) came to be and the company that grew out of it. Maybe this is a sign that you still can make money in Open Source in the post-bubble era.

Posted by jzawodn at July 01, 2002 01:38 PM

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