Here is an interesting post by Chris Alexander on scalability achievements and use of open source projects by leading social network services:
Web 2.0 Goes Open Source:We all know how big and how quickly Facebook, FriendFeed, Twitter and the like had to scale. To do so, they had to think outside the box, and make not only wide use, but also manupgrades and contributions to countless open source software projects.
It’s something we sadly something we hear very little about – corporate secrecy keeps much of the juicy details at bay – but these next generation services are not only using these projects, but also making significant contributions to open-source projects and even open sourcing entire chunks of their codebase. [Read the rest]
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