… And a Happy (and Open) New Year
Welcome to 2008! But before we look ahead, let’s consider this item from last year:
Top 10 Websites in the U.S. — Monthly Averages
| Rank | Brand | Unique Audience (000) |
| 1. | 110,002 | |
| 2. | Yahoo! | 108,111 |
| 3. | MSN/Windows Live | 95,501 |
| 4. | Microsoft | 94,856 |
| 5. | AOL Media Network | 91,653 |
| 6. | Fox Interactive Netowrk (aka MySpace) | 64,648 |
| 7. | eBay | 59,586 |
| 8. | YouTube | 49,815 |
| 9. | Wikipedia | 45,496 |
| 10. | Apple (includes iTunes) | 43,495 |
Source: Nielsen Online, NetView
What struck me about this list was how crucial open source software was to the success of many of these sites — maybe even those two in third and fourth place that begin with “M”. Certainly there will be more open source in use during 2008 at firms and sites large and small. It should be a banner year.
Here are a few more end-of-the-year items of interest:
- Commercial the dominant word in open source (ZDNet Open Source)
- Top Underreported IT Stories in 2007 (InfoWorld Open Sources)
- Funny, I Didn’t See ‘Windows Protocol Documentation’ in the Microsoft Holiday Gift Guide (WSJ Digital Daily)
- Top 10 Open-Source Software Stories Of 2007 (InformationWeek)
- 5 Things Open Source Needs In 2008 (InformationWeek)
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