[svlug] A little on Open Source Philosophy...

[Javilk]

> >      Microsoft is in the equivalent of the road map business.
> >  They are
> > selling their general road maps mostly to the oil companies,
> > and ripping
> > you off for the local maps, which are a larger market.
> >     
> 
> OK.  So if corporations have no interest in Open Source, will they disappear
> (except for those involved in the areas you specified)?  Does Open Source
> have _no_ place in the current corporate framework (develop and sell
> software for profit)?

    It gets the users involved more deeply in helping fix bugs. 
Relatively open can mean open to those who have signed non-disclosure
agreements, and agreements that any fixes they make, are available to the
corporation for assimilation into the proprietary source.

     It should be noted that IBM made source listings of many of their
operating systems available to their customers back in the 60's and 70's.

> Clarification:  I did not intend to suggest that Linux was founded on
> socialism, and by "feel good" I meant that by developing software they
> fulfill some personal need; in the open source arena this is generally the
> recognition, support, and respect of their peers (and the challenge).  The
> comparison to socialism stems from both philosophies counting on personal
> motivation.  In the linux community this works very well, because people

    Socialism is often practiced due to the pressure of a bayonette.

> will there be enough people who get enough satisfaction from writing great
> code to create all the software that is needed?

    If people sakeboard, ski, race motorcycles, jump horses, and shoot
arrows, some will program. 

> >      Linux is about "Look at what I can do", this is what I
> > need, and I
> > know others need it too -- you do what you can do, I'll do
> > what I can do,
> > and we'll all build the barn before sundown.  Then tomorrow,
> > I'll pay you
> > for your help by helping you build your barn before sundown.
> 
> Well said...

    Thankyou.

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