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Joel On The Economics of Open Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the why-it-works-the-way-it-does dept.

Stephen writes "The ever-incisive Joel Spolsky discusses the economics of open source software in his latest Joel on Software column. Why do so many large companies want to develop open source software? It's not because they have suddenly converted to Stallmanism."

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  1. Joel the troll by ObviousGuy · · Score: 1, Funny

    Digs on VA Linux, RMS, Sun, and Linux zealots all in one big breath.

    It doesn't get much better than that. Well, maybe if he mentioned something about BSD dying or Natalie Portman...

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  2. Misread by flipflapflopflup · · Score: 5, Funny
    "It's not because they have suddenly converted to Stallmanism."

    Anyone else misread that as "Stalinism"?

    1. Re:Misread by k98sven · · Score: 5, Funny

      Anyone else misread that as "Stalinism"?

      The word "Stalinism" is deprecated, the correct term is "GNU/Communism".

  3. Rules for Economics of Open Source by taya0001 · · Score: 5, Funny

    step 1: make a inovative open source product that will benefit all involved and distribute it freely.

    step 2: ???

    step 3: Profit

  4. Joel Is Psychic by Mr_Perl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let me repeat that because you might have dozed off, and it's important.

    Now that's funny. How did he know I'd be snoozing at exactly that point in the article!

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    1. Re:Joel Is Psychic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Let me repeat that because you might have dozed off, and it's important.

      Now that's funny. How did he know I'd be snoozing at exactly that point in the article!

      Funnier still, so far as I'm concerned, is that I never saw the quoted sentence, having dozed off and stopped reading the article.

  5. Re:His Father is a Dinasaur by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Poor matey. You can't see the difference between sex and coding. Tell me something, do you ever get any sex?

  6. Re:His Father is a Dinasaur by killmenow · · Score: 5, Funny
    Does she regret it because she didn't charge you?
    You mean your girlfriend doesn't charge?

    Where do I find one of those?
  7. Re:His Father is a Dinasaur by RocketJeff · · Score: 2, Funny
    Poor matey. You can't see the difference between sex and coding. Tell me something, do you ever get any sex?
    Well, he gets a lot of code...
  8. Re:His Father is a Dinasaur by Eccles · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean your girlfriend doesn't charge?

    Not unless you count the cost of an occasional vinyl repair kit...

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  9. More nitpicking by MadAhab · · Score: 3, Funny

    As anyone old enough to remember the Bloom County reference knows, Bill Gates does not have enough money to buy Sweden; it's Norway, and it's enough to get him a date with no kissing.

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