Facing strong competition in online travel reservations, Sabre Holdings Corp. decided to overhaul its technology — allocating $100 million on a risky, new approach.
Sabre replaced its mainframes with low-end servers and open-source software. Sabre, which expects sales of some $2 billion this year, was one of the first big companies to move to open source. But others are doing likewise, a trend that's reverberating through the tech industry.
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