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What is Open Source?
s390 writes "The Inquirer is running an article by Olliance about "What is Open Source?" It appears to be the first of a two-part series for managers about how to engage with the open source community. The writers seem to know their material. Are they on target or have they missed something important? Do PHBs really need to read this sort of introduction to get comfortable with the idea of using Linux and other open source software?"
they should ask SCO ?
"May The Source Be With You..."
On Slashdot? This has to be the grand-slam heavyweight champion of trick questions.
The coolest voice ever.
As someone who hopes to graduate with a Bachelor of Business Admin and a Bachelor of Science (CS) and has an interest in OSS, my thoughts on this:
Hush! Don't tell them! OSS will be a comparative advantage to some of us. Don't ruin that!
(TWAJS)
I for one welcome our new SCOviet Russian overlords to whom all our base are belong.
eveytime there was code on the screen it was funny as hell!
If (byte byte)
{
byte byte byte
Byte ** asdfasdf
Byte byte is good for a byte()
so byte byte byte
}
What is Open Source?
Open Source is patient. Open Source is kind. It does not envy.
It does not boast, it is not proud
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered
It keeps no record of wrongs
Open Source does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres
slashdot!=valid HTML
Does it make me more or less of a geek that I thouhgt "Player's Hand Book" before "Pointy Haird Boss" when I read PHB?
This code segment actually comes straight from dselect.
Anti Trust had no plot, the hacking wasnt even real, most hackers use Windows. Also Microsoft, I'm assuming this is who the movie wanted to imply it was about, is one of the most honest corperations on the face of the earth, they support affirmative action and have donated millions of computers running billions of dollars worth of the best most well known software.
Bill Gates also gives scholarships, gives money to India, Africa, China, Europe, this man should be knighted.
If you use Linux, please help development of Autopac
A theory formulated by people who came to age trying to screw universities out of what they considered their own personal property, which was then somehow extrapolated to the real world and subsequently swallowed in extremis by a few technically capable idealists and several million people looking for a free ride who contribute absolutely nothing but "believe" and therefore are part of the "community".
The resulting movement (and its derivatives) can be thought of as the technological version of the catholic church during the depth of the medieval era - in both structure and radical "join us or die" behavior.
Along the way they convince themselves that "some day" they'll make a buck on giving away stuff, and when they don't (which is the most common result), they blame the government, the system, the corporations and the weather for being "unfair".
Basically.
Shouldn't that be GNU/OSS? ;-)
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
What is programming?
How can a cursor be moved across the screen?
What are computers?