The 12 reasons Andreessen - he of the all-time great quote: "The Valley
is going to save the Valley" - came up at the conference with were as
follows:
1. "The Internet is powered by open source."
2. "The Internet is the carrier for open source."
3. "The Internet is also the platform through which open source is
developed."
4. "It's simply going to be more secure than proprietary software."
5. "Open source benefits from anti-American sentiments."
6. "Incentives around open source include the respect of one's peers."
7. "Open source means standing on the shoulders of giants."
8. "Servers have always been expensive and proprietary, but Linux
runs on Intel."
9. "Embedded devices are making greater use of open source."
10. "There are an increasing number of companies developing software
that aren't software companies."
11. "Companies are increasingly supporting Linux."
12. "It's free."
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