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The advent of Linux-powered netbooks, the launch of Google’s Android and Chrome, and Nokia’s move to snap up Symbian pushed open source further into the mainstream, despite ongoing legal wrangling.

The year 2008 showed open source — both in the form of Linux specifically and as a software development model generally — coming into the mainstream like never before. When it wasn’t powering new hardware niches like the netbook, it was forming the core of Google’s new Android mobile operating system or its Chrome browser, and sitting at the center of legal wrangling with wide-ranging repercussions.

Top 10 Open Source Stories Of 2008 | Open Source | InformationWeek

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