Open Source Macro vs. Micro Sep 10, 2007, 21 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (5013 reads) (Other stories by John Mark Walker)
"When I've written about the inevitable march of Open Source, there are a couple of things I've failed to note, or that I just got wrong. One of those is that I conflated the issues of open technology trends with Open Source. While both are trending upwards, they are certainly not the same. The central premise that I've advanced before still holds--that is, the internet has led to unprecedented downward price pressure on software, thanks to a market flooded with software and software developers, with the added bonus that they can all collaborate with each other in 'real time...'"