Ten Things I Like About Linux, and a List of Lists About Open Source
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| Top Ten Reasons to Use Open Source...
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| 1. Robustness
| 2. Reliability
| 3. Efficiency
| 4. Maintainability
| 5. No/low-cost
| 6. Standards-based computing
| 7. Security
| 8. Openness
| 9. Usability
| 10. Portability
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http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/4604
Ingres's Roger Burkhardt on the innovation opportunity of open source
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| He also highlighted the growth of Datallegro which has built a data
| warehouse appliance business on top of the Ingres database. "They
| would not have been able to build that business without open source,"
| said Burkhardt, echoing comments made by EnterpriseDB CEO, Andy
| Astor, in January about his company?s use of PostgreSQL as a building
| block. "It's a proof point that open source allows smaller companies
| to innovate a lot faster, and also a proof point for Ingres," Burkhardt
| added.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/06/ingress_roger_b.html
Vendors Duke It Out Over Open Source 'Forking'
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| This exploitation of open source shouldn't surprise anyone. This
| week, Framingham, Mass.-based IDC projected that the market will
| grow from $1.8 billion in 2006 to $5.8 billion in 2011. There's a
| lot at stake.
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| Many vendors have adopted methods that inhibit other companies
| from "forking" their technology. In open source, forking is the
| act of modifying and rebranding one vendor's technology and
| building a new business model around it.
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http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci1259981,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/2mselr
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