Open Source Macro vs. Micro

Sep 10, 2007, 21:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by John Mark Walker)

"When I've written about the inevitable march of Open Source, there are a couple of things I've failed to note, or that I just got wrong. One of those is that I conflated the issues of open technology trends with Open Source. While both are trending upwards, they are certainly not the same. The central premise that I've advanced before still holds--that is, the internet has led to unprecedented downward price pressure on software, thanks to a market flooded with software and software developers, with the added bonus that they can all collaborate with each other in 'real time...'"

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