The rise of the open-source billionaire
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| For Google, the underlying open source is made to be almost incidental
| (though they and others like PayPal are quick to point out that they could
| not do what they do without open source). But I suspect we'll see projects
| like MySQL directly monetize and promote the value of the open source
| powering their service offerings.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9925336-16.html
Microsoft's latest and very large acquisition was a FLOSS-based company as well
(how embarrassing for Microsoft). It's one among many of such acquisitions. No
good acquisition targets or successful businesses built on Microsoft
technology...?
Recent:
Economic slowdown could boost open source
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| The economic slowdown in the US could boost demand for open source technology
| and services, analyst firm IDC has claimed.
|
| A recent survey by the company found that 60pc of American firms polled
| increased the percentage of their annual IT budget spent on open source
| technology in 2007.
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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10802
Wired Asks the Wrong Question about Open Source
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| "Where are all the open source billionaires?" Wired asks in its March issue.
| Wrong question. The right question is "Who will become billionaires because
| of open source?"
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http://advice.cio.com/bernard_golden/wired_asks_the_wrong_question_about_open_source
Piwik Offers an Open-Source Web Analytics Package
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| Its plugin-based architecture makes it flexible for all sorts of uses; and it
| makes the analytic data easily available in a variety of formats: XML, JSON,
| serialized PHP. The data can also be gotten at in the form of embeddable
| widgets and iframes.
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/04/piwik-offers-an.html
Piper Jaffray Starts Red Hat (RHT) at Buy
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| Piper Jaffray initiates coverage on Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) with a Buy rating and
| $26 price target, saying the company should benefit from global adoption of
| open source technologies.
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http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage/Piper+Jaffray+Starts+Red+Hat+(RHT)+at+Buy/3562655.html
No Recession at Red Hat
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| It is flattering to be mentioned, Mr. Whitehurst said, but he noted that
| corporate customers and the industry benefit from what he called Red
| Hat’s “Switzerland status” — not being a province of one of the major powers
| in the technology industry.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/no-recession-at-red-hat/
VC funding for open source hits an all-time high
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| Incidentally, total funding to date stands at $2.64bn.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/04/01/vc-funding-for-open-source-hits-an-all-time-high/
Open-source venture investing hits an all-time high
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| Just when you thought venture interest in open source was quieting down,
| along comes the biggest quarter in open source's (still young) history:
| $203.75 million raised, as reported by The 451 Group. This trumped the
| previous record of $193.6 million from Q4 2006.
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9907679-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
Economic downturn = Financial upturn for GroundWork and open source
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| It's a great time to be in open source. When I see people straining to sell
| and buy homes, I can smell the recession. But when I go to work selling
| open-source solutions, I can taste prosperity. A downturn separates the wheat
| from the chaff. Here's hoping for even more open-source "wheat."
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9900837-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Schmidt: Google 'well-positioned' for a recession
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| Google, the world's leading Internet search engine, said Tuesday it can
| weather any economic downturn because its advertisers are broad-based.
|
| Chief Executive Eric Schmidt acknowledged that a shortage of credit in
| financial markets is a "very serious issue" and that many people are
| expecting a global economic slowdown.
|
| "It's too early to say if there's (already) been any specific impact. But if
| there were, I don't think it would be much," Schmidt told reporters at a
| briefing during a visit to Sydney, Australia.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6234685.html
Sun: Economic slowdown favors open source
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| Speaking to ZDNetAsia in an exclusive interview, he said the economic
| slowdown in the United States will favor open source companies. "During an
| economic slowdown, not everything slows down [and] IT projects will continue
| to be undertaken. But IT budgets will be reduced," he said, noting that
| companies will then turn to lower cost software options such as open source.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62038598,00.htm
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