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Open Source Friend And Foe, Google

Last Updated on Saturday, 18 July 2009 11:15

The hype around Google Chrome OS is palpable. We all need to take a deep breath. In taking that deep breath, it becomes clear that Google has grown to become open sources biggest foe while at the same time being one of open sources biggest friends. Confused? You should be.Google helps the open source movement through its contributions to various open source projects, funding of open source summer development projects, open source conference sponsorships and simply by being a poster child for its internal use of open source.

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