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:IT-Analysis: Open Source: Upsizing is Unpleasant for Some
IT-Analysis: Open Source: Upsizing is Unpleasant for Some
Sep 4, 2005, 13 :00 UTC (13 Talkback[s]) (5265 reads)

(Other stories by Bob McDowall)

"I had the joy in recent overseas travels to encounter a group who had been attending a Linux Open Source convention. They turned out to be veterans and pioneers of the Open Source movement, but they were not enamoured about the way Open Source was commercially maturing--making this an unhappy group of travellers! Like the wedding guest in 'The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner' I listened to their tale of woe and found that some of their less emotional observations were of interest..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
While it doesn't contain anything of ...   Interesting article   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 4, 2005, 14:09:57
 
Open Source software and its ethos are d ...   What veterans? What pioneers?   
Ursus Orribilus
Sep 4, 2005, 15:23:11
 
Open Source software and its ethos are d ...   Clueless Pundit Alert!!!   
Joe User
Sep 4, 2005, 16:08:00
 
The article says that Open Source was st ...   flawed logic   
Steve Stites
Sep 4, 2005, 16:39:17
 
> This is exactly why Linus Torvalds has ...   Re: What veterans? What pioneers?   
Bob Robertson
Sep 4, 2005, 16:58:07
 
See, this is a very revealing article.   ...   Wishfull thinking   
Jimmy the Geek
Sep 4, 2005, 19:35:30
 
"Ultimately, Open Source software which  ...   really?   
daniel
Sep 5, 2005, 04:10:41
 
i would call this kind of articles by ju ...   don't worry guys... they're just junk...   
daniel
Sep 5, 2005, 04:18:41
 
this article.  It is a classic case of d ...   Don't be discouraged by ...   
GreyGeek
Sep 5, 2005, 13:59:10
 
Commercial software companies are being  ...   Story has it backwards   
Cole Thompson
Sep 5, 2005, 15:13:53
 
> I use the term "corps" because that is ...   Re: Don't be discouraged by ...   
jp
Sep 6, 2005, 02:50:12
 
 > Their lives are empty and meaningless ...   Re: Wishfull thinking   
jp
Sep 6, 2005, 03:09:50
 
> i would call this kind of articles by  ...   Re: don't worry guys... they're just junk.   
Rainer Weikusat
Sep 6, 2005, 10:01:26
 
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