Full Article: http://developers.slashdot.org/story/08/03/14/0419252/open-source-growing-at-an-exponential-rate
"Two computer scientists who work for enterprise
software giant SAP have shown that open source is growing at an exponential
rate. Not only is the code base growing exponentially, but also the number of
viable projects. Researchers Amit Deshpande and Dirk Riehle analyzed the
database of open source startup ohloh.net and looked at the last 16 years of
growth in open source. They consistently got the best fit for the data using an
exponential model. Relating this to open source market revenue, Desphande and
Riehle conclude that open source is eating into closed source at a non-trivial
pace."
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