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Submission + - Open source growing at an exponential rate (riehle.org)

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sipmeister

on Thursday March 13, 2008 @10:51PM

sipmeister writes: "Two computer scientists, working for enterprise software giant SAP, have shown that open source is growing at an exponential rate . Not only is the code base growing exponentially, but also the number of viable projects. Researchers Amit Deshpande and Dirk Riehle analyzed the database of open source startup ohloh.net and looked at the last 16 years of growth in open source. They consistently got the best fit for the data using an exponential model. Relating this to open source market revenue, Desphande and Riehle conclude that open source is eating exponentially into closed source on a non-trivial base."

Comment Re:Joke (Score 3, Interesting) 77

by sipmeister on Friday February 02, 2007 @08:16PM (#17868338) Attached to: Wi-Fi Phones Reviewed

Yeah, the best one I've found is the E61 from Nokia. It's a regular GSM/UMTS phone which also has WiFi and a full blown SIP client on board. And you can find it on Craigslist for ~$350.

Much better then any of the crappy Taiwanese "VoIP" phones, or anything that does Skype only.

The SIP client is fully integrated with the contacts, just overall very well done by Nokia. Plus they release firmware updates on a regular basis, which can be done from a Windows PC.

The phone detects WiFi coverage, e.g. home or work, and automatically registers the SIP client.

Since it's SIP, you can use any one of the hundreds of ITSPs (Internet Telephony Service Provider) out there to make cheap international calls, if that is what you want.

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