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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. 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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  2. 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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