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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. OT: Map is off... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've always known google maps are off by a little bit, sometimes even as much as a block, but the address for Canonical is waaaay off on this map!

  2. Greenland and Africa by parbot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The total area of Greenland is 0.8 million sq. miles and the total area of Africa is 11.6 million sq. miles? Now look at Google's map...