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Phony open source to be a 2010 trend
Dec 9, 2009, 20 :32 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (3442 reads)

(Other stories by Dana Blankenhorn)

"Open source has been the coming thing for years.

"For 2010 it’s the thing.

"Even Microsoft is touting open source capabilities in Microsoft Office and Windows 7, notes Siteworx founder Tim McLaughlin. (This is actually a skateboard ramp design from the GOPED Message Board.)

"Those claims may be easy to dismiss or laugh off, but if Microsoft is trying to get some open source street cred then everyone else is too. And there are now thousands of programs where elements of open and closed source are mixed."

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After a good start, and a good rationale ...   Open is worn out.   
Neko Nata
Dec 9, 2009, 21:50:21
 
 Open Core Model and Software Quality -  ...   Open Core Bogusness   
drew Roberts
Dec 9, 2009, 22:43:20
 
Microsoft uses a different dictionary. ...   Leave it to Microsoft to abuse "Open" and "Innovat   
BrentH
Dec 9, 2009, 23:59:22
 
> After a good start, and a good rationa ...   Re: Open is worn out.   
blackhole
Dec 10, 2009, 09:04:12
 
You know those Carfax commercials where  ...   "Show me the source!"   
Tom King
Dec 10, 2009, 22:59:55
 
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