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During financial struggle, IT can help reduce cost
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| 4. Open Source Software: The use of open source keeps growing. It is not just
| about Linux. There are software packages available for just about every
| corporate need. The cost savings can be dramatic when you make smart choices.
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| Simply downloading and building an open-source package because it is free can
| end up costing you a great deal of time. Treat open source like any other
| software. Do the research, talk to other users, and find a service provider
| that can help.
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http://www.indusbusinessjournal.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=C0D6A4F1893A48BA888E55F8662E5E94
http://tinyurl.com/coszvp
Recent:
Open source' vendors push advantage
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| Ready to get jealous? How would you like to work in an industry that benefits
| from economic downturns and for companies that see revenue, customer
| acquisition and budgets grow during these toughest of times?
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| While the majority of b-to-b marketers struggle with budget cuts, layoffs and
| an overall need to do more with less, one specialized sector is reporting a
| relative boom time.
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http://www.btobonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090309/FREE/303099965/1109/FREE
Firms to trim IT expenditure, take refuge in open source
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| Anticipating a tough year ahead, major Indian companies are planning to trim
| their IT expenditure or stop additional investments. This is against the
| conventional wisdom of increasing IT budgets even at times of crisis (due to
| long-term benefits), with companies now increasing exposure to open source
| technologies and low-cost infrastructure.
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http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/firms-to-trim-it-expenditure-take-refuge-in-open-source/351191/
Catching up with GroundWork's new CEO, Peter Jackson
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| This economy is good for open source. I think we'll double our customers. At
| the same time, we'll be enhancing services to the community of contributors,
| and building out a large set of 2.0 community infrastructure to enhance
| education, communication, and partnerships.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10190714-16.html
Linux keeps growing market share.
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| Not only is TuxRadar reporting that Linux Format magazine sales are up 13.3%
| over the last year, but I also find that my local book stores shelves appear
| to have much more Linux reference books on the shelves as well.
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http://dthomasdigital.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/linux-keeps-growing-market-share/
Related:
The Total Growth of Open Source
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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/
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| A couple of years ago you reiterated that IBM was Microsoft's biggest
| competitor and you said not just on the business side, but overall. If I ask
| you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Open Source Projects double every 14 months!
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| Based on the models developed for the "Exponential Growth of Open Source"
| study we calculated the time required to double the number of projects and
| the total open source code. It took approximately 13.89 months to double the
| total number of open source projects from 1995-2006.
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http://www.amit-deshpande.com/2008/04/open-source-projects-double-every-14.html
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