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Open source software can help RP tap $450B global ICT market
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| He said the first Philippine Open Source Summit, held in Cebu last week,
| provided ICT industry players a venue to discuss the agenda that will provide
| enhanced support for OSS.
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| He said that a number of open source advocates, most of whom became prominent
| only this year, have also expressed support for the program.
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| “The open source movement is taking the world by storm,” he said.
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| Belen headed the forum on understanding the business value of open source
| during the summit.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2008/06/30/bus/open.source.software.can.help.rp.tap
$450b.global.ict.market.html
Related:
Source of the revolution
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| According to Ghosh, the notional value of Europe's investment in
| free/libre or open source software (FLOSS) today is Euro 22bn,
| representing 20.5pc of the region's total software investment.
| Spending on OSS stands at Euro 36bn and accounts for 20pc of software
| expenditure in the US.
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http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single8105
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
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