OS/2 E-Zine: Why Open Source? | Linux Today

OS/2 E-Zine: Why Open Source?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 11, 1999

“In this article, I’d like add my personal view on licensing
issues and explain why I now think that OpenSource is the software
model which might turn out to be a main condition for OS/2 to
survive at all.”

“I have done a lot more reading on OpenSource software, am
following some of the discussions in the Linux world, and by now I
have almost half a year of experience with this concept from a
developer’s perspective. From my perception, there are many more
advantages to the OpenSource concept which should convince any
freeware programmer to release his/her sources.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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