Web 2.0 is built on Open Source
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| Amazon uses Linux. eBay uses Windows. But what OSs and webservers run
| Web 2.0? We tested 17 of our favorites and found out. The script is
| included below to check for yourself.
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| [...]
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| Linux is pretty much it for Web 2.0 startups. Which Linux? Digg tell
| us they run Debian, it seems MobiTV run Red Hat, but we’re not sure
| about the rest.
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http://www.venturecake.com/web-20-is-built-on-open-source/
Related:
Top 500 Supers: Moore's Law Is Alive and Well
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| There are two Windows-based clusters, and 42 machines that run a mix
| of operating systems--and one of those operating systems in the mix is
| always a Linux and the other is a variant of Unix. If you want to be
| fair, Linux is represented on 86 percent of the machines...
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb071007-story02.html
You change the World 2.0
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| They even tried to bend it to somehow impose their control over
| it and make it their own, like Microsoft is trying to these days,
| but they fail because of another novelty, a "License 2.0" if you
| will (even though the license's new version is actually the third
| one), the GNU GPL legal shield being revised today in a true 2.0
| fashion, through an open and cooperative process.
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http://www.libervis.com/you_change_the_world_2_0
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.
|
| [...]
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| 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 Companies choose MySQL
http://www.theopenforce.com/2006/07/alwayson_confer.html
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