Published on 2006-03-27 05:56:33
The Economist have a very interesting article on Open Source, talking about different aspect of Open source model from contributions, to business model, ... etc. The article pointed to some graphics from the Apache Software foundation about Open Sourcing in the Apache community and I was impressed to see the increase of discussions holders compared to code writers, I really would prefer seeing the opposite which is impossible but at least something more reasonable.
EVERY time internet users search on Google, shop at Amazon or trade on eBay, they rely on open-source software—products that are often built by volunteers and cost nothing to use. More than two-thirds of websites are hosted using Apache, an open-source product that trounces commercial rivals. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia with around 2.6m entries in more than 120 languages, gets more visitors each day than the New York Times's site, yet is created entirely by the public. There is even an open-source initiative to develop drugs to treat diseases in poor countries.
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