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Is Proprietary Software to Blame for the World's Ills?
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| Whereas the international community and the U.S. can doubtless survive and
| flourish in a multi-polar world, it's less clear that anyone can succeed in
| the long-term using proprietary operating systems as part of their society's
| foundation.
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| It's fine and well to produce and use closed-source software and even
| operating systems for specific purposes, but raising generations of people on
| closed-source commercial software is a serious geopolitical and economic
| threat.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/65148.html
Recent:
Credit crunch moves business to adopt open source
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| “The world is undergoing serious economic turbulence, but at a time when
| businesses know they simply cannot terminate IT projects, open source
| software providers the perfect solution,” claimed John Powell, Alfresco chief
| executive.
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| He said that with open source, public and private sector companies resisted
| the demands of proprietary vendors, created a flexible infrastructure as well
| as lower IT spend.
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/607074/credit-crunch-moves-business-to-adopt-open-source
Economics of open source remains an academic challenge
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| When I’m looking for open source economic theories my go-to guy is Bruce
| Perens, who has written eloquently on the subject. But he’s not an academic
| economist. Economists don’t usually hand out their top awards to computer
| programmers.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2991
Open sauce Alfresco has its best ever quarter
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| ALFRESCO SOFTWARE announced its strongest ever quarterly financial results
| today, reporting that customer interest has increased during the global
| economic downturn as organisations turn to more cost effective and scalable
| open source software products.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/13/open-sauce-alfresco-best-ever
Zenoss Announces Record Quarterly Customer Growth amid Struggling Economy
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| Commercial open source IT management firm grows 85 percent quarter over
| quarter
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http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/10910.html
Compiere Closes Third Quarter with Continued Global Expansion and 195 Percent
Growth
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| Compiere, Inc., the global leader in open source business solutions, this
| week closed a strong third quarter during which the company reports a 195
| percent revenue growth for Q3 2008 compared to Q3 2007, as well as a 59
| percent growth in subscribers. In addition, the company continued its global
| expansion by adding partners in North America, Europe, Middle East and
| Africa, and Asia Pacific regions.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/compiere-closes-third-quarter-continued/story.aspx?guid=%7B616CBB6A-2AAA-4E4E-8155-680FDE4B68E5%7D&dist=hppr
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