Investment bank gives away product for free

Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein promotes open source movement with release of code for its openadaptor framework.

Investment banks usually aren’t associated with charity – except perhaps when outbidding each other for donations at awards dinners. So when Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) gave away the source code for a project that’s been three years and about $5 million in the making, the initial reaction of many was "what’s the catch?"

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