“To my mind, the big news wasn’t any of the technology
developments or mergers. It was the Trillian Project. … It’s the
fact that major, old-line firms like HP, IBM and Intel are no
longer just making some source code open source, they’re actually
developing open-source programs. Under the Gnu Public License! In
cooperation with each other! “
“With less than a year of work in (Trillian started in
April of 1999), Trillian has the foundation laid and the beams
raised for a major Linux port. Taken all in all, I think it’s the
most amazing development story I’ve ever seen.”
The lessons from this effort are loud and clear. Open-source
code development is faster than me on a traffic free interstate.
And, not only can it work for old-line corporations, we have proof
positive that open source is the way to get cross company
development teams to actually produce something other than
grandiose press releases.
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