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A Contrarian View of Open Source

Posted by michael on from the open-arms-and-a-threadbare-tank-top-and-unbuttoned-jeans dept.

Bruce Sterling's OSCON speech is now online - fun, light reading. And a reminder: the Global Civil Society design contest (which we mentioned before) is ending soon.

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  1. how long did that speech take? by tiedyejeremy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't believe people could go that long without refreshing /. or checking email.

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  2. mussolini by sfraggle · · Score: 5, Funny

    quote: "The result is 95% market domination by Microsoft. But that's not a market economy. That's not even capitalism. That is a state-capitalist, state-sanctioned monopoly that Mussolini would have smiled on."

    Carefully using a comparison to Mussolini to avoid Godwins Law I see :)

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  3. Better slut than a whore by Subcarrier · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, I read it. I just didn't appreciate anyone calling Linux a slut.

    Well, there are others you have to pay for...

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  4. Glad to see... by eaeolian · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...that Sterling's consistent. None of his novels ever really get to the point, either - they just spend all their time trying to dazzle you with imagery, while he desperately tries to find a way out of the corner he's just painted himself into.

    Nothing like being a Troll at a conference, though - I'm sure he was bought a beer or two by some Linux geeks that didn't realize he was cracking on them harder than he was on Gates.

  5. preach it, brother by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 3, Funny
    i used to work in desktop support for my university, back in my college days. after a couple of years or really trying to help people, i started testing limits. like...
    student comes in: "My teacher says my engineering ID should work to get me into the general PC labs..."

    me: "your teacher is on crack. NEXT!?"
    after a few talking-tos by supervisors, but no real punitive damages, it just got worse. i became a jerk. still am a jerk. and i was a nice guy before working there. a really, really nice guy. the kind of nice guy that never got the girl. so i became a self-centered, stupid-people-hating jerk. and got the girls.

    god, i don't miss college.
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  6. Re:Don't kill the messenger by anonymous_wombat · · Score: 3, Funny
    this Ad sponsored by Pepsi and Brittney Spears' bouncing boobs. Is this really what it's supposed to be like?

    Hey, I don't mind the rest of it, but don't be criticizing the bouncing boobs.

  7. typo in above comment by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny
    There's at least a chance that he's on to something there.

    You mean "There's at least a chance that he's on something there."