Top 10 FOSS projects of 2011

[Pramode C.E]

  "Sure, we kid about world domination – but have you looked around lately? Linux is everywhere. It's powering phones and all kinds of embedded devices. It's the bedrock of cloud services, and dominates the TOP500 supercomputer list.

Google, Netflix, Facebook, Twitter, countless government agencies, businesses, and educational institutions depend on Linux for mission-critical services. The long and short of it is, without Linux, many of the other projects we depend on simply wouldn't have been possible. It's the rock-solid foundation that people use to build so many important services. (And not-so-important, too.)"

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