A “let’s not talk about social media but instead talk about why we should talk about social media” talk

Cd’s 1 st class mail Bike messengers Newspapers

Cd’s

1 st class mail

Bike messengers

Newspapers

Linux Platform Stack $10.8 billion 204 million lines of code 60,000 person-years of development time

Linux Platform Stack $10.8 billion

204 million lines of code

60,000 person-years of development time

“ The rate of change in the [Linux] kernel is high and increasing, with almost 10,000 patches going into recent kernel releases. These releases each contain the work of nearly 1000 developers representing well over 100 corporations. … over 70% of all kernel development is demonstrably done by developers who are being paid for their work”

Today Linux services and hardware represent billions of dollars in revenue, and IBM estimates it saves nearly a billion dollars per year over what it would cost to develop a Linuxlike operating system on its own. www.wikinomics.com

Today Linux services and hardware represent billions of dollars in revenue, and IBM estimates it saves nearly a billion dollars per year over what it would cost to develop a Linuxlike operating system on its own.

www.wikinomics.com

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Be open Share Network Participate Trust (assume risk) Start small Publish then filter Always in beta

Be open

Share

Network

Participate

Trust (assume risk)

Start small

Publish then filter

Always in beta

21 st Century Physics Flexbook: A Compilation of Contemporary and Emerging Technologies , Commonwealth of VA

Dave Witzel [email_address]