LJ Index, July 2007

  1. Position of Linux-based Rackspace among Netcraft's most reliable hosting companies for April 2007: 1
  2. Number of Linux-based hosting providers among Netcraft's top 10 for April 2007: 3
  3. Number of open-source hosting providers among Netcraft's top 10 for April 2007: 6
  4. 2006 revenues for Rackspace in dolllars: 224
  5. Rackspace revenue growth percentage over 2005: 61
  6. Number of open source venture capital deals in 2004: 36
  7. Millions of dollars invested by VCs in open source startups in 2004: 297
  8. Number of open source venture capital deals in 2005: 41
  9. Millions of dollars invested by VCs in open source startups in 2005: 306
  10. Number of open source venture capital deals in 2006: 48
  11. Millions of dollars invested by VCs in open source startups in 2006: 481
  12. Billions of dollars invested by VCs in open source startups since 2000: 1.9

Sources: 1-5 Netcraft.com; 6-12, Matt Asay, Robin Vasan, Matthew Aslett;

http://netcraft.com

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