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2007 07 12

Google and Open Source Crash the Existing System, Google Tops IBM Now

Crashing The System

Google "open-source politics" and among the top hits is a November 2004 Nation article by writer and campaign-reform activist Micah Sifry. In it, Sifry recalled a seminal moment early in Howard Dean's presidential run when a staffer posted an "Ask the Dean Campaign" thread on the anti-Bush website Smirking Chimp. [...] Open-source politics has the potential to fundamentally change the way we govern ourselves-to fulfill the democratic promise that Web 1.0 pioneers dreamed of before they grabbed for the ipo brass ring.

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Google Market Cap Exceeds IBM

Last week, Google stock hit an all-time high of $541 with a market cap of $169 billion (yes, with a B). That put their value higher than IBM's and on par with Cisco. Not bad for a company with an open source infrastructure.

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It won't be long before Google leave Microsoft behind. Not bad for a couple of Linux geeks who started in a garage just 9 years ago.