At 11:23 +0000 29/10/07, Frank Wales wrote:
Gordon Joly wrote:
How about Google? It's not directly open-source, but it's
built on top of Linux, which is.
I can't see Google releasing their source code, or their search
algorithms...
My point was that Linux is widely used as an enabling technology
in things that are ostensibly more popular than it; other people
made the point better by referring to set-top boxes such as TiVo.
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Indeed. And in flight consoles (make flying so much more fun!).
Of course, BT did not release their code, did they?
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2007/01/gpl-bt.html
Gordo
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