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Does It Matter Where Open Source is Based?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the good-anywhere dept.

munchola writes "CBR has created a map of current open source software providers that contradicts the recent assertion of Alfresco's Matt Asay that "open source is not a Silicon Valley phenomenon". That statement has prompted a debate about the importance of location, involving Asay, Robert Scoble, and Dana Blankenhorn. A closer look shows that open source is very much a Silicon Valley phenomenon."

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  1. Get slashdotted! by crazyjeremy · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'll admit that the map itself doesn't really tell us much - but it's a work in progress and hey, it's a Web 2.0 mash up, it's meant to be vague, self-fulfilling and of questionable real-world value.
    What have we learned here?
    Google map + Any story + Web 2.0 mash up = Get slashdotted
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    1. Re:Get slashdotted! by kesuki · · Score: 2, Funny

      reread what i said carefully, then pay the man his money :)

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    2. Re:Get slashdotted! by Itchy+Rich · · Score: 2, Funny

      According to this there are only two open source vendors in the UK (one in Berkshire and one on the Isle of Man).

      Clearly a huge data sample there.

  2. Doesn't really matter where it's based by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... except when it is based out of Redmond, WA

  3. Re:See Finland on the map? I don't. by Nutria · · Score: 2, Funny
    The guy is an immigrant aiming to steal our 'merikin jerbs.

    What's a jerb?

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