Open Source Macro vs. Micro | Linux Today

Open Source Macro vs. Micro

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 10, 2007

“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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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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