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For The Love Of Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the got-an-extra-two-hours-to-read dept.

Jim Madison writes: "Is the open source movement about the joy of hacking? The latest edition of FirstMonday has an interesting academic study that says "No!", it is only natural in our traditional political economy that software be developed with public funding in the safety of academia when the markets are immature. Have moved into a post-scarcity gift culture or is the report correct that open source uses and needs the subsidy of public investment to grow within traditional industrial capitalism?"

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  1. In english please? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Great, you can scring a bunch of poly-sci terms together. Congratulations. We all bow to your wisdom. Now, could you say something (preferably in english) that actually makes sense?

  2. The joy of hacking by JohanV · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, if I had a job where I had to read articles like that I would most certainly pick up writing encryption algorithms as a diversion that I can understand.

  3. Hmmm... by Chundra · · Score: 3, Funny

    I could be wrong, but I swear this article was "written" by the Postmodernism generator.

    Blah.

  4. Well, duh. by athakur999 · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is important to fully evolve to the correct paradigm when thinking outside of the box. How will we ever fully synthesize the correct model for stabilizing the algorithm for a disruptive system?

    --
    "People that quote themselves in their signatures bother me" - athakur999
  5. Gee... by iplayfast · · Score: 2, Funny
    and here I was doing it for the fun! Guess I'll have to stop now.

  6. Love that word... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...throws doubt on the Schumpeterian assumption...

    (fscking lameness filter.)

    This study is not about the motivations or economic implications of open source.

    Neither is it about our "having moved into a post-scarcity gift culture".

    Face it. I bet you 20$ that the author just really wanted to use the word "Schumpeterian" in a research document. (and maybe to have it posted to slashdot.)


    (Seriosuly, can you imagine someone beign named Mr. Schumpet? Sounds like a promo character for a cookie company.)

  7. Finland or Sweden? by V.P. · · Score: 2, Funny
    Has anybody else noticed that the author, while talking about Finland and its contribution to Linux, only colors Sweden as 'red' in his map, and leaves Finland blank?!?

    Oh well, Americans and geography don't mix apparently!