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Examples of innovations that came from Linux/OpenSource/Unix

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- TCP/IP stack comes from OpenSource BSD. Can't deny that, huh?

- XUL (where Microsoft stole XAML from): OpenSource Mozilla

- Being free and evolve rapidly, isn't that a major innovation to the
business model?

- Mosaic, first browsers were developed as OpenSource.

- Linux is bootable from memory sticks, SD cards, there're LiveCDs
that don't require installation, use memory as a ramdrive.

- BitTorrent protocol for 10xfaster distribution of the files
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