Top Five Open Source Stories Of 2007

"It's been a landmark year for open source, and in so many different ways that even a casual survey of the year's events will range far and wide. Here's a quick rundown of what to me were the top five open source events of the year--not an exhaustive list, of course, but the things that best reflected how important and widely entrenched open source software (especially Linux) has become.

"1. Microsoft and the Samba Team. After a good deal of constant outside pressure, Microsoft has finally allowed the technical details of many of its proprietary protocols to be revealed, albeit in a controlled way..."

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