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Open Source, Microsoft Models Both Wrong, Simonyi Said

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 28, 2007

“Turns out open source and Microsoft have more in common than
thought: both have it wrong, one prominent software developer
claimed at MIT’s Emerging Technologies conference.

“Charles Simonyi, the Hungarian-born developer of Microsoft Word
who later became a pilot, cosmonaut and co-founder of Intentional
Software, said modern software developers–whether they are
programming under open source or proprietary models of
development–focus too much on the end result and too little on
refining the process of development…”

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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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