Europeans 'Better' Contributors to Open Source Community? | Linux Today

Europeans ‘Better’ Contributors to Open Source Community?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 22, 2008

“I had an interesting chat yesterday with Javier Soltero, the
CEO of open source web infrastructure management firm, Hyperic. We
got to talking about the different attitudes to open source in the
US and in Europe; you’ll recall a recent blog entry I did found
slightly higher Linux desktop penetration in some European
countries than in the US.

“Hyperic was founded in San Francisco but recently announced
it’s targeting Europe more aggressively, hiring new community
managers in Germany and Spain and on the look-out for more people
in other European geographies…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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