Many don't know this, but my friend and colleague John Newton (co-founder of Documentum and of Alfresco) started his life as anti-open soure. He couldn't understand how the model could possibly work in a business context. On a recent edition of IT Conversations' Technometria, John talks about what it took to make him into an open source believer. Hint: Marten Mickos.... Many don’t know this, but my friend and colleague John Newton (co-founder of Documentum and of Alfresco) started his life as anti-open soure. He couldn’t understand how the model could possibly work in a business context.On a recent edition of IT Conversations’ Technometria, John talks about what it took to make him into an open source believer.Hint: Marten Mickos. Open Source