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Nuclear winter for tech startups? Not if you're open source
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| Layoffs gathering steam as Web 2.0 startups scramble to cut costs, but open
| source looks much healthier
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/tech-bottom-line/archives/2008/11/nuclear_winter.html
Open Source in a Down Economy: The Money Race Is On
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| Hard economic times have just about everyone looking for ways to save. Belts
| are tightening around software budgets -- from ordinary personal computer
| users to enterprise decision makers, everyone's trying to figure out how they
| can get what they need for less money. Is this an opportunity for open source
| software and the firms that support
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65124.html?wlc=1226619993
People look for savings and they naturally gravitate towards Free software.
Recent:
Red Hat: Crisis to boost open source
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| The global economic crisis would provide a boost for open source software,
| Red Hat chief executive Jim Whitehurst claimed during a visit to Sydney this
| week.
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| Whitehurst, who stopped over down under as part of a tour of the Asia-Pacific
| region, said in an interview with ZDNet Asia's sister site ZDNet Australia
| that the crisis would cause companies to consolidate their technology
| infrastructure and reduce spending.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62047208,00.htm
No Recession at Red Hat
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| It is flattering to be mentioned, Mr. Whitehurst said, but he noted that
| corporate customers and the industry benefit from what he called Red
| Hat’s “Switzerland status” — not being a province of one of the major powers
| in the technology industry.
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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/no-recession-at-red-hat/
Microsoft sees slide in profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
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