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How Open Source Drives Down Startup Costs
prostoalex writes "Reuters Plugged In article (usually syndicated to your local paper's Technology section) talks about the real impact of open source in the technology world -- cutting down startup costs for other developers. New ventures are coming out, where the startup costs range in five-digit numbers, not seven-digit figures, where venture capital financing would be required. The article talks about Project for Open Source Media, Blogger.com, Odeo and Asterisk telephone system."
of course it does. Free = lower cost than money >.>
Show this to your friends and family that don't know what a real hacker is
Just as long as your business isn't based upon "IP".
Yes, best to stick with TCP and UDP.
It is extremely rare that another protocol at that level proves to be successful in the long run.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
You forgot the hot secretary and the expensive out of court settlement for the sexual harrasment suit.
That's absolutely true. Look at the makers of CherryPC... it's so easy to take code from open source projects like PearPC, bundle it up as your own and not even remotely give credit to the PearPC team... Heck, you could make thousands before people notice...
"Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important." (Lisa Hoffman)
Researchers have recently released a study demonsrating that free ingredients make baking cakes cheaper.
Conflicting studies from think tanks sponsored by flour industry leaders MakesitSoft are disputing the conclusions, but are not really taken seriously.
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