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Google's Continued Growing Pains

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the big-is-apparently-evil dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Mercury News is reporting that Google's 500 percent growth since its IPO hasn't come without a cost. With the purchase of DoubleClick, Google is facing antitrust charges in both the United States and the European Union. And with their rising success, there are open source alternatives springing up."

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  1. open source alternatives? where? by edmicman · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Really? What are the open source alternatives to Google's offerings?

    I want to host my own "gmail" frontend that uses my own IMAP server. Where is the open source alternative to Flickr that I can install on my own? I'm not seeing these open source alternatives out there.