The Spirit of Openness
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| Almost all our servers are running open-source software. Our Web
| servers use Linux and Apache and PHP. Our database servers run MySQL.
| We use memcached to help keep the site snappy. Some of our
| behind-the-scenes software is written in Python and Perl and Java,
| and we use gcc and Boost for the parts that aren't. Our developers
| use Subversion and git to keep track of their work. The list goes
| on--like many Web sites, we use it from top to bottom.
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http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=2223862130
The same goes for YouTube, which relies on a lot of Python code. It's just
one among almost every successful startup. Digg and Netscape use MySQL and
PHP. Google uses GNU tools endlessly...
Related:
Web 2.0 Companies choose MySQL
http://www.theopenforce.com/2006/07/alwayson_confer.html
Winning OpenSource Frameworks in Web 2.0
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| When I started computing more than a decade ago I remember it took me weeks
| to learn a new program for self-expression, calculation or collaboration.
| Today it's fun, it takes me about five minutes total, it doesn't require
| any skills and within seconds I can take part in a worldwide distributed
| live-communication.
|
| [...]
|
| The open source community provides various tools that offer a useful
| environment for complex Web 2.0 applications and can help an organization
| to
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| * take advantage of the new social and workplace trends
| * lower costs and improve functionality
| * embrace innovative new products, services and applications
| * increase knowledge and capability
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http://andreasengel.com/2006/08/winning-opensource-frameworks-in-web.html
SOA + RIA + OSS = Web 2.0
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| Open source software is the underpinning of many SOA and RIA solutions.
| Open source software is the dominant solution for Ajax RIA interfaces...
| Web 2.0 is also about collaboration and using the Internet as a social
| network. It is hard to find a better example of this spirit than within
| the open source communities. Open source software is built socially.
| Communication and transparency are core values of an open source
| project.
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http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid26_gci1215261,00.html
'MySQL, Linux powers Web 2.0' - O'Reilly
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| Without Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP many Web 2.0 companies would not
| exist today. This is according to Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly Media and
| the person most often credited for coining the term Web 2.0.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1125
Web 2.0: Why it's all about Google
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| Despite lofty predictions for MySpace and YouTube, almost no
| one in the current Web wave is making money - except Google.
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http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/13/technology/pluggedin_Lashinsky_Web2.fortune.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
A look inside Google's open-source kitchen
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| DiBona: We use the Linux kernel. We've got the GNU tools, we use a lot of
| the compiler collection from the Free Software Foundation. We use some
| Apache libraries--we don't use the Apache Web servers so often, but we do
| use a lot of their libraries. We use a lot of OpenSSL and OpenSSH. We use
| languages like Python and C. We use a fair amount of MySQL, all kinds of
| things.
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http://news.com.com/A+look+inside+Googles+open-source+kitchen+-+page+2/2008-7344_3-6143465-2.html?tag=st.num
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