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Open source in 2008 in pictures
Matthew Aslett, December 18, 2008 @ 12:35 pm ETI was thinking of writing a round-up of the key open source agenda items in 2008 but then I got distracted putting together some graphics, so – two birds with one stone – here’s open source in 2008 in pictures:
(Some of these I’ve already written about, some of them I’ll write about next year. Apologies for the headache-inducing colours on some of these, they are works in progress and brighter colours are easier to assemble.)
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[...] Open source in 2008 in pictures Via The 451 Group “I was thinking of writing a round-up of the key open source agenda items in 2008 but then I got distracted putting together some graphics, so – two birds with one stone – here’s open source in 2008 in pictures.” [...]
[...] Open source in 2008 in pictures Via The 451 Group “I was thinking of writing a round-up of the key open source agenda items in 2008 but then I got distracted putting together some graphics, so – two birds with one stone – here’s open source in 2008 in pictures.” [...]