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When is Half a Loaf Enough for Open Source?

Dec 05, 2007, 02:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Dana Blankenhorn)

"The last month has seen several attempts to give open source advocates half of what they have been asking for:

  1. "Apple will offer a software development kit for the iPhone but the design will remain proprietary.
  2. "Verizon will let other phones on its network but will still control which ones.
  3. "Sun has made Java open source but still controls its development..."

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