eWeek: Open-Source Fans Often Miss Business Basics

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Mar 30, 2005

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“I read about open-source news and views more faithfully than
the baseball-mad kid I once was read the Cubs’ box scores.

“So it is that I was recently struck by two stories that showed
me once again that while many open-source people are technically
brilliant, they can be business idiots…”

Complete
Story

SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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