In 2007, some 30 open source software companies were purchased for more than $1 billion —double the number of sales in 2005, according to consulting firm 451 Group.

根据451咨询集团的说法，2007年，约有30家开源公司被收购，总价值超过10亿美金，这比2005年的数据翻了一番。

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It proposes a maturity model that it organizations can use to evaluate open source software as well as ways companies can make money "selling" open source software and support services.

它建议了一种成熟的模型，使用这种模型IT组织可以评估公开源码的软件，使用同样的方法公司可以通过“出售”公开源码软件和支持服务来赚钱。

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Companies are now realizing that open-source software is a competitive advantage.

各公司正在意识到，开源软件是一项竞争优势。

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At the annual meeting of the Carbon Disclosure Project--a non-profit investor organization devoted to greater transparency in greenhouse gas emission statistics--Sun released a set of open-source software tools that companies can use to track carbon emissions.

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Many software companies are already prospering by developing open source software and services.

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So have smaller and less expected outfits, including Adobe and companies leveraging predictive open source software.

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