Re: [Sheflug] BBC Report on Open Source

["Wonkey Donkey" <wonkey_donkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Richard Ibbotson" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] BBC Report on Open Source


> 
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6270657.stm
> 
> Yes.  We started this initiative at Fosdem about two or three years 
> ago :)  Since then it's become mainstream and not an eccentric idea 
> academic idea.
> 
> You regularly find yourself across the table from a Swiss banker who 
> wants to know about GNU/Linux or OpenBSD projects.  England is 
> peculiar in that only winduhs is known about.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Richard
> 

One thing that stuck out on this '131,000 programmer years'.

Thats quite an achievement I think!

Steve.


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