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28 Jan

Embedded mobile on open source - gaining traction, better than what some expected

Posted by aross

This article from Jack M. Germain at LinuxInsider discusses Android adoption in the mobile industry:

Here are a few quotes:

"Android will certainly sell in the millions of units and will be one of the major players. We're certainly tracking them as a major line item in terms of our smartphone OS," - Bill Hughes, principal analyst for Instat's Wireless Group

"The openness of Android and its deep branding and customization are its big advantages. The market is changing rapidly. 2009 is a critical year in the adoption of Android," - Pauline Alker, CEO of a la Mobile

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27 Jan

History of the Internet

Posted by aross

The Internet is perhaps one of the more famous examples of open standards in action and built on considerable amounts of open source software. I often tell people they use open source software countless times every day and don't even realize it. You'll enjoy this video:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=9hIQjrMHTv4

27 Jan

The importance of open codecs

Posted by aross

Recently Denver Gingerich at ossguy.com took the time to write a very well researched and thoughtful blog article about the importance of open codecs. In response to my announcement of some new videos from our OAK1 event at Berkeley, Denver suggested we should make our videos available in codecs that users of distributions such as Fedora, Ubuntu, and others that do not include closed codecs could enjoy. We intend to do just that.

27 Jan

The VAR Guy’s Open Source 50

Posted by aross

This article provides an intersesting list. It ranks open source companies according to a number of variables.

Quoting the article:
"The Open Source 50 is based on such variables as:
* Overall partner ecosystem size
* Annual partner network growth (in raw numbers)
* Annual partner network percentage growth
* Percent of revenue derived from partners
* Internal employees per channel partner
* The VAR Guy’s intense, daily coverage of open source in the IT channel"