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Linux is Subversive....
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| It always augurs well for the open source world when its major tools continue
| to progress in this way. Indeed, these meta-projects – applications that
| enable free software projects – are one of the best indicators of the health
| of the ecosystem that we have.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?RSS&entryid=945
Here's a financial motor behind PostgreSQL :
Applying the Bee Keeper model beyond captive open source projects
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| EnterpriseDB is a great example of these models in action. The company is a
| honey collector - offering technical support for existing PostgreSQL
| deployments for those that want some extra peace of mind, while its Postgres
| Plus and Postgres Plus Advanced Server products are based on the
| community-developed PostgreSQL database.
|
| [...]
|
| Meanwhile it is also a brewer – adding proprietary extensions such as
| migration tools, Oracle compatibility and dynamic tuning to create Postgres
| Plus Advanced Server. These technologies are only available from EnterpriseDB
| and come at a price. Other open source brewer companies include IBM,
| Greenplum, Netezza, and Datallegro.
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| As EnterpriseDB shows, it is possible to follow more than one model at the
| same time.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/06/20/applying-the-bee-keeper-model-beyond-captive-open-source-projects/
Recent:
Vista's big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it
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| Such appreciation for history is not likely to warm the cockles of
| Microsoft's heart, especially when Linux is getting lots of love from
| developers (13 percent writing apps for it this year and 15.5 percent in
| 2009).
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9969231-16.html
Coders Tell Why They're Avoiding Vista
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| Microsoft Corp. undoubtedly wanted to avoid its current predicament. It has
| been publicly talking up features in Vista since 2003 -- half a decade.
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| But such "overmarketing," as Krasowski calls it, can rebound. Experienced
| developers have become jaded towards the third-party apps Microsoft trots out
| as exemplars of Redmond's latest technology -- "demoware," he calls them --
| that sparkle with flashy animation and video.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146035/coders_tell_why_theyre_avoiding_vista.html
Study: ~50% of Norwegian Software Vendors Integrate FOSS Components
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| ... based on an extensive screening of software companies, with more than 700
| responses.
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| Analysis shows that close to 50% of the software industry integrate OSS
| components into vertical solutions serving all major business sectors.
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| In addition, more than 30% of the companies using OSS components have over
| 40% of their income from OSS related services or software.
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http://opensource.org/node/325
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