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Submission + - The Apache Software Foundation now accepting BitCoin for donations (newsbtc.com)

Submitted by rbowen on Friday August 29, 2014 @02:13PM

rbowen writes: The Apache Software Foundation is the latest not-for-profit organization to accept bitcoin donations, as pointed out by a user on the Bitcoin subreddit.

The organization is well known for their catalog of open-source software, including the ubiquitous Apache web server, Hadoop, Tomcat, Cassandra, and about 150 other projects. Users in the community have been eager to support their efforts using digital currency for quite a while.

The Foundation accepts donations in many different forms: Amazon, PayPal, and they’ll even accept donated cars.

On their contribution page the Apache Software Foundation has published a bitcoin address and QR code. As of this afternoon, the address has already collected on the order of 4 BTC.

Submission + - Apache OpenOffice - $21 Million per Day (apache.org)

Submitted by

rbowen

on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @01:02PM

rbowen writes: "Apache OpenOffice 3.4.1 has averaged 138,928 downloads per day. That is an average value to the public of $21 million per day, as calculated by savings over buying the competing product. Or $7.61 billion (7.61 thousand million) per year."

Submission + - OpenOffice is now, officially, Apache OpenOffice (globenewswire.com)

Submitted by rbowen on Thursday October 18, 2012 @09:21AM

rbowen writes: Apache OpenOffice has graduated from the Incubator, and now is officially a top-level project at the Apache Software Foundation.

Submission + - SourceForge Allura submitted to the Apache Software Foundation Incubator (sourceforge.net)

Submitted by rbowen on Monday June 18, 2012 @12:53PM

rbowen writes: The software that powers the SourceForge developer tools has been submitted to the Apache Software Foundation Incubator. http://sourceforge.net/blog/allura-incubator/

Submission + - What defines success in an Open Source project (slashdot.org)

Submitted by

rbowen

on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @11:39AM

rbowen writes: "Nine years ago, Slashdot asked the readers what makes an Open Source project successful. (http://ask.slashdot.org/story/03/04/21/239212/what-makes-an-open-source-project-successful). The answers were varied, of course. An academic paper summarized the results, and said (albeit with more precision) that motivations for Open Source projects are varied. (http://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=ischool_other)

Has anything changed? In the era of mobile apps, social media, and Google Ad revenue, have the definitions of Open Source project success changed at all? Have your reasons changed for being involved in Open Source?"

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