Posted 04/23/09 at 01:53:38 PM by David Murphy

Hello, Mr. Anderson.

At least, that's the greeting I now expect to see whenever I fire up a page on SourceForge.  And before you ask, no, the Wachowski brothers haven't bought the rights to the Web site.  The open source software world is huge--billions of dollars huge--but trying to figure out its breadth makes me think of The Matrix.  Or, at least, a construct of Matrix-like proportions.

Amazingly enough, a company called Black Duck Software has taken on the task of creating a complete and compelling picture of open source software development.  And I'm not just talking about a simple Linux survey or two. Black Duck has used everything from the largest of the open-source operating systems to the smallest of massively-multiplayer frameworks to develop an epic valuation of open-source software.  It's been running these numbers and scanning for projects since the company's founding in 2002, if that helps you to visualize just how deep the rabbit hole gets.

And what have they found?  Enough code, representing enough cash, to create a little Matrix of your very own.  Jack in, click the jump, and I'll tell you just how much that is.

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Posted 05/14/07 at 09:24:47 PM by David Murphy

Since he can't afford a fancy, $1,000+ DSLR camera, Dave Murphy gets creative when it comes to "HDR" photography

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Posted 05/04/07 at 07:26:06 PM by David Murphy

Linking policies are the stupidest thing Dave Murphy has ever seen. It's 2007 -- why the heck are these things still on the Web?

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Posted 05/01/07 at 08:06:12 PM by David Murphy

Associate Editor Dave Murphy answers readers' burning questions; offends MPAA; hides from lawyers, Will

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Posted 04/27/07 at 07:38:07 PM by David Murphy

Associate Editor Dave Murphy bemoans the loss of his box fort. It must be Friday.

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Posted 04/26/07 at 02:15:39 PM by David Murphy

Welcome to another edition of Maximum PC Theater. For our main attraction this evening, we’re featuring a play by Vigor Gaming entitled Force Recon QXN. There’s a scene in act 1 in which the computer utterly fails to run in any useful capacity… it brings tears to our eyes. Be sure you don’t miss it.

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Posted 04/17/07 at 02:40:44 PM by David Murphy

Face it. Certain game genres are for the computer, and others are for the console. Dave Murphy begs for this interbreeding to cease!

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Posted 04/16/07 at 02:35:16 PM by David Murphy

One-part silly and two-parts helpful, with just a pinch of problems, the Pertelian 2040 USB display leaves us with a mixed taste in our mouths.

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