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2015: Open Source Has Won, But It Isn’t Finished

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Glyn Moody
Jan 5, 2015

At the beginning of a new year, it’s traditional to look back over the last 12 months. But as far as this column is concerned, it’s easy to summarise what happened then: open source has won. Let’s take it from the top:

Supercomputers. Linux is so dominant on the Top 500 Supercomputers lists it is almost embarrassing.

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Glyn Moody

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