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:LinuxDevices: Open Source for Capitalists
LinuxDevices: Open Source for Capitalists
Mar 12, 2004, 02 :30 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (8141 reads)

(Other stories by Matt Asay)

"Open source, though growing fast, has not yet 'won.' We stand at a pivotal moment. Open source developers have done their job. They write great software. They have developed an infrastructure upon which companies and individuals can build, without fear of having the platform used against them.

"Yet despite all the attention paid to open source; all the momentum behind it; and all the progress it has made, the open source community has overlooked one critical ingredient to its ultimate, overwhelming success:

"Money..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Most people have heard that "the busines ...   Context, values, money   
Ian Rowan
Mar 12, 2004, 04:43:07
 
Oh boy, can't free the minds of thes ...   Gota make money ya know !   
GH
Mar 12, 2004, 03:17:04
 
> I was tired of butting my head against ...   Yesterday's fresh ideas   
MartinV
Mar 12, 2004, 06:46:29
 
"How can traditionally closed-source ven ...   WOW....   
GH
Mar 12, 2004, 07:03:00
 
This guy has that straight-out-of-the-80 ...   Utterly clueless   
me
Mar 12, 2004, 08:28:46
 
I would suggest you have a look at JBoss ...   money...   
SS
Mar 12, 2004, 08:42:35
 
I have a few questions about our wannabe ...   a few questions   
blacklight
Mar 12, 2004, 12:41:02
 
> I have a few questions about our wanna ...   Re: a few questions.. And then Some....   
Nicholas Donovan
Mar 12, 2004, 14:53:54
 
Free Software is a buyer's consortiu ...   It's about money   
Michael Callahan
Mar 12, 2004, 23:00:05
 
I am impressed enough with your addition ...   Dear Nicholas Donovan   
blacklight
Mar 13, 2004, 02:26:37
 
In fairness to Matt Asay: I found his bi ...   Re: re: a few questions ..   
blacklight
Mar 13, 2004, 12:32:48
 
I think Matt Asay has a couple good poin ...   Pragmatism   
Mike Fedyk
Mar 14, 2004, 09:40:53
 
I am working on behalf of a CA Bay area  ...   Proof they are willing to put their $$'s where   
Gregg Ruoti
Mar 25, 2004, 18:41:27
 
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