OSWeekly: The Future of Open Source Education and Adoption | Linux Today

OSWeekly: The Future of Open Source Education and Adoption

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2006

[ Thanks to Matt D. for
this link. ]

“It’s been amazing to watch how the open source movement has
grown from something that only a fanatical few were aware of or
involved with into something that Joe and Jane Everyday User are
beginning to be familiar with. Now, I’m not saying that these
everyday users fully understand open source and truly get what the
benefits are of this development approach, but at least we’re
beginning to break down the barriers to understanding.

“Hey, even some experienced software developers are still trying
to figure it all out, and granted it can be hard to accept
something that is such a departure from the standard way in which
software has been built for years…”


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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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