The future of open-source infrastructure is...applications?
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| It occurred to me today that open-source infrastructure providers (e.g.,
| commercial providers of open-source operating systems, databases, application
| servers, etc.) may have much in common with telecommunications infrastructure
| providers (like cable, wireless, etc. providers).
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| Still, if we look at the industry today, the most profitable new technology
| company is Google: An infrastructure company that doesn't "do"
| infrastructure, but rather applications that run on its infrastructure.
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| Perhaps MySQL's/Ubuntu's/Red Hat's/etc. futures are to be more like Google,
| less like Microsoft?
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9923955-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
That's already happening. The fabric of technology (apart from desktop) rarely
includes Microsoft products.
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
Related:
EveryDNS, OpenDNS Under Botnet DDoS Attack
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| The last time the Web mob (spammers and phishers using botnets)
| decided to go after a security service, Blue Security was forced
| to fold and collateral damage extended to several businesses,
| including Six Apart.
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http://securitywatch.eweek.com/exploits_and_attacks/everydns_opendns_under_botnet_ddos_attack.html
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