TechBase Hits 1,000,000
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| TechBase is rapidly maturing into a central hub for high-level technical
| information related to KDE and the Free software desktop...
|
| [...]
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| Over the years, KDE has become a vibrant source of technology, with over 5.4
| million lines of KDE 4 code currently hosted at svn.kde.org. KDE has
| progressed to the point where we compete alongside and in areas even surpass
| the proprietary competition.
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http://dot.kde.org/1184809999/
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Survey: Windows loses ground with developers
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| Linux gaining share as the number of developers targeting Windows falls
| 12 percent, Evans Data says
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/07/02/mswindows-share_1.html
Linux contributor base broadens
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| With more companies funding Linux work, the core hackers now delegate
| 70% of the coding
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/062807-linux-contributor-base.html
Linux Summit: Forget Microsoft. Let's Get Back To Development
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| "We add 2,000 lines of code a day to the Linux kernel. We work on
| 2,800 lines of code a day. I've never seen the pace of change that
| Linux has shown," said kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman, citing
| the accelerated pace on the open source operating system.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199904052
Study: Developers Favor Linux
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| "Regardless of what kind of developer you are, you're still trying to
| make a living, and target the operating system that?s controlling the
| market."
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| However, in the most recent survey, the developers' forecast of their
| target platform has changed. For the first time, these developers said
| that in the next 12 to 18 months they expect to be developing more Linux
| apps than Windows apps.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3645766
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