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I agree with the open strategy - for example why try and develop your own closed versions of JPEG and PDF? It seems like madness.
- by malcarada March 20, 2008 7:42 AM PDT
- Google always supports open source, Google Summer of Code comes to mind straight away.
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(3 Comments)I understand MSN not doing that since it is Microsoft, but surely Yahoo could support open source more, given that their own servers run Unix.
Good for Google, at last they give back to the community. (ie. their servers run open source)