Open Source Growing At an Exponential Rate 146
sipmeister writes "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."
I for one (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I for one (Score:4, Funny)
And what exponent? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, the exponent could be negative, did you think about that? Huh??
This is terrible news (Score:4, Funny)
Re:And what exponent? (Score:2, Funny)
It's not negative. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:This is terrible news (Score:3, Funny)
Knowing the slashdot crowd, it'll take more than a few curves to do that. Oh, wait...
Re:I for one (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I for one (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Viral License? (Score:2, Funny)
Heh - having now read up on the LGPL, I'm feeling a bit silly. On the plus-side, yay me! I reinvented the wheel!