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Linux - a disruptive technology?
Jul 20, 2008, 09 :30 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (6722 reads)

(Other stories by Richard Hillesley)

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]

"Linux itself does not represent any great departures from previous technologies, but has led a technological revolution that is predicated on free software licensing. The open source development model, which is facilitated by the GNU General Public License (GPL), represents a challenge and an opportunity to industry to rethink the way that information and technology is used and shared between individuals and organisations..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
no comment ...   License is the key, no some specific product   
Davi
Jul 20, 2008, 10:53:59
 
Without a hosting OS, GPL could have min ...   It's a combination   
Charles Hixson
Jul 20, 2008, 19:04:23
 
> Without a hosting OS, GPL could have m ...   Re: It's a combination   
Tony OBryan
Jul 20, 2008, 20:49:24
 
Definitely helps, but even without one,  ...   Re: It's a combination   
Robert Devi
Jul 21, 2008, 03:03:15
 
"The web began as a relatively primitive ...   Made up History   
Stomfi
Jul 21, 2008, 07:18:40
 
Out of the GPL grew a culture of collabo ...   GPL period.   
philc
Jul 21, 2008, 15:26:31
 
> "The web began as a relatively primiti ...   Re: Made up History   
Rufus Polson
Jul 21, 2008, 16:18:40
 
You might be able to make some arguments ...   The 8086 Chip Was Not a Disruptive Technology   
C. Whitman
Jul 22, 2008, 20:37:01
 
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