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Google and Facebook feel the wrath of German open source advocate

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 22nd of December 2014 08:53:38 PM Filed under
OSS

Open-Xchange CEO Rafael Laguna has hit out at the closed nature of services offered by Silicon Valley giants like Google and Facebook.

Speaking in Paris earlier this month, Laguna said many of Silicon Valley's largest companies, and others like them, need to open up their proprietary systems to comply with laws around the world and uphold many of the citizen’s rights that people have fought for over the last several hundred years.

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