OSBC Panel Looks at the Future of the OS
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| Asked about OpenSolaris running on Intel hardware, Hohndel again answered
| that it was not Intel's job to decide what operating system was best for its
| customers. "We are more than happy to see this operating system on our
| platform and to do our best to make sure it runs well," he said.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OSBC-Panel-Looks-at-the-Future-of-the-OS/
Some of the good people talked about the future Free software as well:
The future of open source
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| Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu said “Cooperation, consensus and
| community are the primary drivers of open source.” Before adding that open
| source’s visibility and importance continues to grow, and “we continue to see
| innovation in the business models, licensing and governance structures that
| drive the free software platform.”
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17336/1143/
Yesterday:
The state of open source: Zack Urlocker, MySQL
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| Where do you see open source heading in the next five years, especially with
| regard to development, community, and market opportunities?
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| I think there's nothing but growth. Open source is an unstoppable force.
| We'll look back in 10 years and consider closed-source software to have been
| a weird anomaly. "You mean you paid millions for software without knowing if
| it would work?"
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http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;272016099
Related:
Future of software development is global cooperation
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| The near future could bring such community influence and "invite model" into
| the world of commercial environments of today, mentioning software
| development as an example.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42225
Open Source Software: The Power of Community
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| The Web at large has embraced this shift for several years, but businesses
| are just starting to realize the power and benefits of rethinking our
| understanding of ownership and participation.
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| The open source software community has been among the first to leverage these
| changing assumptions to create value and build businesses out of shared,
| community-based efforts. It is open source, I think, that will lead the way
| in bringing more enterprises to the next-generation web.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59127.html
Asia now biggest consumer of open source software
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| Asia is now the largest consumer of open source applications in the world
| based on the number of downloads recorded, open source experts said.
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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view_article.php?article_id=77983
Open source take-up booming in APAC
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| Open source accounts for between 25 and 70 percent of all software in
| Australian, Chinese, Indian and Korean companies, according to a recent IDC
| survey.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Open-source-take-up-booming-in-APAC/0,130061733,339279806,00.htm
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