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The Riches of Open Source

Posted by michael on from the filthy-lucre dept.

Daniel Dvorkin writes "This BusinessWeek article argues convincingly that Linus Torvalds has more resources at his disposal than Bill Gates. Not only is it a nice overview of Why Open Source Really Matters pitched to a non-technical audience, but it makes a solid argument in favor of OSS in general and Linux in particular, from a solidly capitalist perspective."

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  1. The richness of a first post. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    That is the most important thing of all.

  2. Re:Branding, PHP, ASP by bbtom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Erk. ASP really sucks.

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  3. If Windows dies, what happens to linux? by chendo · · Score: 0, Redundant
    IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, DON'T READ, MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS. And moderators, please read before modding down :)

    The community of Linux users and developers is held together by pride and the thrill of working toward a common goal of a universal, free (or at least relatively inexpensive), elegant, bug-free or bug-resistant alternative to Windows, the world's dominant computer operating system.


    This line reminded me of the whole Smith/Neo thing, and about the Architect and the whole balancing the equation stuff. Maybe Linux was created to balance the monopoly of Windows? But if so, what happens if Windows dies? Will developers lost their goal since their main target is dead, or will Linux continue to be stronger?
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  4. Re:Given a Different Sabre To Rattle.... by Tsali · · Score: 0, Redundant

    True, but his advisors might, and I worry about them more.

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  5. Re:Branding, PHP, ASP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    ASP does not suck. It pukes!

    There! I said It!

  6. Re:Given a Different Sabre To Rattle.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Hey! You shouldn't make fun of people who can't turn on computers. At school some years ago they had these macs that had the power switches on the back, and sometimes they were really hard to find!

  7. Re:Ask VS Order by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Gates has the world as his playground. ......Yeah, but Linus has the world as our own playground

    So?

    All Your Base Are Belong To Us

    Sorry Moderators, I couldn't resist

  8. Re:Slavery is illegal, so... by DrEldarion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    People who work for Microsoft get free Coke! Advantage: paid MS programmer drinking free Coke.

  9. Re:Branding, PHP, ASP by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ASP.Net doesn't suck. At all.

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