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Eric Raymond: Why Open Source will Rule

Posted by michael on from the one-pundit-to-rule-them-all dept.

DNapalm writes "A very interesting two part interview with Raymond from ZDNet, talking about the success of open source and Linux on the desktop, among other things. Check out Part I and Part II (I liked part II)." Raymond also asserts that Microsoft could have killed Linux if only they'd started a little earlier.

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  1. Re:Hindsight is 20/20 by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excerpts from the 'fall of Redmond' radio conversations:

    "Red Hat, this is Yellow Dog. Come in.'
    "Red Hat here. We've gotten Balmer. I repeat, we have Balmer in custody."
    "Mandrake says Gates isn't here today. Debian, can you clear out the marketing department please?"
    "Roger that, General Raymond. Attacking marketing immediately."
    "Suse reporting that legal has been secured."
    ...
    "Who the hell is that?"
    "Looks like the FSF showed up. For once them and OSI agree on something."
    "Hi there, Stallman. Raymond here. What are you boys doing here?"
    "We came to download the source code for all the MS software to look for GPL violations."
    "Good thinking. I have Slackware in there now, and I'll let em know your coming."
    ...

    and so on and so forth. Maybe I'll write a more detailed version one day.

    "The normal channeling of aggressive instincts into acts of senseless violence."

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    I am officially gone from /. Long live http://www.soylentnews.com/
  2. On edge? by ekephart · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did ESR seem a little on edge to anyone else? His comments seemed to get pretty violent.

    "In that case StarOffice just died. They just shot StarOffice through the head.... if OpenOffice still exists, and it's GPLed, and they're going to start charging for StarOffice, then they just shot StarOffice through the head."

    "rationally appropriate to cannibalize your own business"

    "shareholders will kill you"

    Maybe he's tired of people at Slashdot calling him an idiot.

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  3. Hmmm by nomadic · · Score: 5, Funny

    talking about the success of open source and Linux on the desktop

    There's a short conversation.

  4. Re:Not in the world of science it won't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    As a PhD in OS Design, I can't help but agree with you strongly. However, two weeks ago a colleague of mine introduced me to something even more solid and powerful, and I have to say I'm hooked.

    I suggest you give it a try too at your first opportunity: it's called "Commodore Basic", and runs on a machine called the "Commodore 64". I have assisted the Astronomy department with setting up a simulator of stellar collapse on that, and they were completely blown away by it.