Does It Matter Where Open Source is Based?

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."

Get slashdotted!

[crazyjeremy]

I'll admit that the map itself doesn't really tell us much - but it's a work in progress and hey, it's a Web 2.0 mash up, it's meant to be vague, self-fulfilling and of questionable real-world value.

What have we learned here?
Google map + Any story + Web 2.0 mash up = Get slashdotted

Doesn't really matter where it's based

[Anonymous Coward]

... except when it is based out of Redmond, WA

Re:See Finland on the map? I don't.

[Nutria]

The guy is an immigrant aiming to steal our 'merikin jerbs.

What's a jerb?

Re:Get slashdotted!

[kesuki]

reread what i said carefully, then pay the man his money :)

Re:Get slashdotted!

[Itchy Rich]

According to this there are only two open source vendors in the UK (one in Berkshire and one on the Isle of Man).

Clearly a huge data sample there.