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Code alteration isn't what open source is about
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| Many vendors are jumping on the open source bandwagon and trying to make
| a 'quick buck' out of an emerging trend. Skewed versions of the definition of
| open source can largely be attributed to these vendors and it is recommended
| that companies seek out only certified and reputable open source vendors.
|
| Open source technology is by nature practical and pristine. Reputable vendors
| will not boast that their software and hardware have new and sexy features;
| they will not use alterable code as a selling point or claim to be
| absolutely “free”.
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| Open source can only be considered to be so if it has a strong open source
| community backing. Anything less is something else entirely.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/industryinsight/opensource/vanstaden090526.asp?S=Open%20Source&A=LIN&O=FPII
Innovation's Catalyst
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| Enthusiasts have had a central role developing the Web and open-source
| software, often doing what they loved doing without wondering whether they
| would make money at it. At O'Reilly, we've been following enthusiasts to
| learn more about the technologies they're playing with. Tim O'Reilly calls
| them "alpha geeks." (See "Where Real Innovation Happens.")
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| [...]
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| Most importantly, he saw that users benefit from their own innovations. This
| insight speaks to the motivation of enthusiasts: They are doing it for
| themselves. Innovation results from making something you want to use
| yourself. It's the same idea that Eric S. Raymond described when he remarked
| that open-source projects were started by developers who were "scratching
| their own itch."
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/23/innovation-believers-makers-breakthroughs-technology-oreilly.html
Related:
How fast is the Open Source software movement and linux growing?
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| Think of this growth in terms of what it could do for you. Take that moment;
| think outside of the IT business model you use today. Change is evolution and
| evolution is how we grow. Open Source change is giving the advantage. Realize
| how little investment you need to make to bring these benefits to your
| business. All that's necessary is a little help to give you the confidence
| you need. That's where we come in. We help you to do it for yourself.
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http://www.opensourcesun.com/wildfire.html
Less software piracy means more jobs, more state revenue: Study
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| "The number of customers using Red Hat operating systems, for example,
| doubled in 2007," he said.
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http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailbusiness.asp?fileid=20080125.L04&irec=3
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
Linux Users Base More Than doubled Over Last One Year: Survey
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| The number of Linux users has more than doubled over the last one year, says
| a new survey by DesktopLinux.com. The survey also said Ubuntu remains their
| Linux distribution of choice.
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http://www.sda-india.com/sda_india/psecom,id,22,site_layout,sdaindia,news,19940,p,0.html
Survey: Desktop Linux use grows
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| DesktopLinux.com, which is a Web site devoted to, obviously, desktop Linux,
| has finished a survey that found more than a doubling of Linux desktop users
| in the past year.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/013576.html
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