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Why There Will Never Be Another Red Hat: The Economics Of Open Source

Open source software powers the world’s technology. In the past decade, there has been an inexorable adoption of open source in most aspects of computing.

Without open source, Facebook, Google, Amazon, and nearly every other modern technology company would not exist. Thanks to an amazing community of innovative, top-notch programmers, open source has become the foundation of cloud computing, software-as-a-service, next generation databases, mobile devices, the consumer internet, and even Bitcoin.

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