Google is taking over the world one application at a time. What you might not know, is how significant their contribution is to open source.
Google has released well over 15 million lines of code and over 500 projects. Click here to see for yourself. This makes them the largest open source-based company on the planet.
The world we live in has massive insecurities. We want what we don’t have and when we get what we want, there is a better version already out. It’s a win – lose situation. A win, for the companies spawning these new ideas, and a loss for us, the eager, naive and gullible consumer.
People are living in a state of mind where – well, Freddie Mercury said it best – “I want it all and I want it now”. So many insecurities. I want what you have, but better, faster and cheaper.
It is the way the markets are being driven today and cell phone manufacturers are jumping on that seemingly endless bandwagon.
Yes, the mobile world is here. I know it’s been around for quite some time, but only now are we fully benefiting from the original idea that was the ‘mobile cellular phone’.
One of the best characteristics about Open Source is that it allows the user the chance to improve the product by having access to its source code. Essentially this is what Open Source is, but not many Open Source Software companies advertise that the public can include their own input and change the product so that it becomes more user-friendly.
Sometimes it takes an outsider’s perspective to really see where the challenges lie and where improvements can be made.
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