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O'Reilly on the Commoditization of Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-the-users,-stupid dept.

Iorek writes "International Data Group/Sverige has a great interview with Tim O'Reilly, CEO of O'Reilly & Associates Inc. From predictions of eBay's purchase of Oracle to discussions of the failings of open source licenses, O'Reilly's certainly not reserved. I couldn't help but be reminded of the rise of this site and slashcode."

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  1. In a nutshell ... Yes by puckhead · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Open source is a contributor to the commoditization of software, but it's not the only contributor. Open standards lead to commoditization. The Web browser is proprietary, but it's a commodity."

    That's a feature, not a bug.

    The thing that struck me about the article is that he just now figured out what's going on.

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