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Understanding Changes in the Software & Venture Capital Industries

Both Sides of the Table

It was driven by the introduction of open-source software, most notably what was called the LAMP stack. Not Google. Open-Source Software & Horizontal Computing. The first major change in our industry was imperceptible to us as an industry. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.

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Dude, Akanda Is Tying The Cloud Together Like A Rug

InfoChachkie

Even the most conservative companies began adopting the open-source LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) to dynamically create and maintain their websites. Google) were initially based on open source elements, then refined to make it work reliably at huge scale, clearly demonstrating the relevance of open source for cloud computing.

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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

Some other points - LAMP,Net, Java - doesn't make much difference. Google App Engine - take more than two seconds to process we are going to kill your request. Must be willing to work the way Google expects. Building on top of Amazon or Google - cost base is so much lower. Server and client in Java. I would tend to agree.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). We discuss Googles plan to pay more to Verizon in order to be on a higher speed connection and get its mobile content to users faster. Looking back, what did you learn and what would you have done differently? (0:14:15).

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