Google helps terabyte data swaps
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| Google is developing a program to help academics around the world exchange
| huge amounts of data.
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| Google's infrastructure relies on a lot of open source software,
| including using a version of Linux as the desktop operating system
| for developers.
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| "A lot of Googlers come out of this community - we are open source
| people."
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| Some have questioned why Google has not done even more - such as
| releasing an open source operating system or opening up more of
| its software to the open source community.
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| Mr Dibona, who is a long-standing Linux evangelist, said: "I am
| comfortable with where Google is operating. People are often
| upset and feel we should be releasing more.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6425975.stm
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