Open source database maker to come charging hard in RP
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| A growing loyal local client base has forced MySQL, arguably the world’s most
| popular open source database software with over 100 million downloads made
| throughout its history, to invade local shores by appointing a local
| distributor which will also act as the authorized Philippine MySQL education
| center.
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| [...]
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| "The first wave of adoption has been with Linux at the level operating
| system. The second wave is now with MySQL at the database level," said
| Stefonic, who’s currently based in Tokyo, Japan.
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http://www.mb.com.ph/INFO20080314119358.html
'Just' 100,000,000? But Microsoft will insist that nobody /buys/ MySQL.
Fonality Hits 2.6 Million trixbox Downloads and 5,000 PBXtra Deployments
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| “We’ve hit the 225 million call threshold and have proven that Fonality can
| scale with the market opportunity,” said Chris Lyman, Fonality CEO. “We are
| on track to serve a broad segment of the 35 million small businesses that
| will adopt VoIP over the next several years.”
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/fonality-hits-26-million-trixbox-downloads-and-5000-pbxtra-deployments,314099.shtml
Open source tech firm moves into US
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| According to consultancy Deloitte Hippo is one of the fastest growing tech
| firms in the Netherlands and booked a 500% rise in turnover between 2002 and
| 2006. Its clients include ABN Amro bank, motoring organisation ANWB,
| publisher SDU en the finance ministry.
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| Hippo is already active in the UK, Belgium and Italy via partnerships.
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http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008/03/open_source_tech_firm_moves_in.php
"500% rise in turnover". Not bad.
Earlier today:
The Total Growth of Open Source [is Exponential]
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| The significance of open source has been continuously increasing over time.
| Our research validates this claim by looking at the total growth of open
| source. Our work shows that the additions to open source projects, the total
| project size (measured in source lines of code), the number of new open
| source projects, and the total number of open source projects are growing at
| an exponential rate.
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| Our results open gates for further research around the growth of open source
| and the acceptance of open source in industry and government. Future research
| should explore questions like what factors are influencing this exponential
| growth, how source code growth relates to the number of engaged software
| developers, and whether or how long open source can sustain this exponential
| growth.
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http://www.riehle.org/publications/2008/the-total-growth-of-open-source/
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