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VCs regain interest in open source

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:00:00 GMT
Venture capitalists (VC) first discovered open source during the dot-com bubble at the turn of the millennium. When the bubble burst, open source was connected closely enough with its general failure that all but a handful of VCs lost interest. In the last few years, however, investor interest has started to return, due to growing acceptance of open source software and the success of existing open source companies. What now attracts investors to open source companies, VCs say, is the higher probability of innovative ideas and quicker time to market, as well as the ability to develop niche markets that were previously too small to develop profitably. If they see that the fundamentals for any successful business are in place, investors are finding firms founded on open source well worth considering.


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FROZEN-BUBBLE-EDITOR(6) 				  The Frozen-Bubble Level editor				   FROZEN-BUBBLE-EDITOR(6)

NAME
frozen-bubble-editor - a level editor for Frozen Bubble SYNOPSIS
frozen-bubble-editor [OPTION]... DESCRIPTION
This editor lets you manipulate level-sets, in which you can add, remove and modify levels thanks to a mouse-oriented interface (there are also many interesting keyboard shortcuts). The interface is very straightforward: click on the written planches on the left an right parts of the screen to perform the relevant actions, and on the level area to change the bubble color; use the "void" bubble (or right-click) to remove a bubble. OPTIONS
-h, --help show command-line options summary -fs, --fullscreen start in fullscreen mode -lsFILENAME, --levelsetFILENAME directly start with the specified levelset name -lNUMB, --levelNUMB directly start the level number NUMB -cb, --colourblind use special bubbles for colourblind people KEY SHORTCUTS
The following key shortcuts are available during level edition: F1 displays the help dialog p, h, left previous level n, l, right next level up first level down last level a append level i insert level d delete level ] move level right [ move level left j jump to level (after j, enter level number, then Return) o open levelset s save levelset f toggle fullscreen q, Escape quit During dialogs, you may use Return to accept and Escape to cancel. AUTHOR
Written by Kim Joham and David Joham <[k|d]joham at yahoo.com>. Integration work by Guillaume Cottenceau <guillaume.cottenceau at free.fr>. This manual page was written by Guillaume Cottenceau. Visit official homepage: http://www.frozen-bubble.org/ SEE ALSO
frozen-bubble(6) COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Kim Joham and David Joham <[k|d]joham at yahoo.com>. This is Free Software; this software is licensed under the GPL version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. There is NO war- ranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. FBE
February 2, 2003 FROZEN-BUBBLE-EDITOR(6)