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Open Source Spreads Beyond Software

Posted by timothy on from the blueprints-have-open-source-beat dept.

B'Trey writes "Britain's Prospect Magazine is running an article entitled 'The Microsoft Killers.' The article covers the success of Open Source software in particular but also looks at how the methods and practices of Open Source are moving outside the software environment."

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  1. finally, its free! by fatgraham · · Score: 4, Funny

    whoever said there's no such thing as a free meal must be kicking themselves now

    or at least, if not a meal, a free beer

  2. Sic ! by foobsr · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the best technology magazines on the web, Slashdot, has only a few members of staff who post short articles and allow readers to comment and elaborate: most of the site content comes from readers.

    Sic ! Now I think I wonder what those magazines of lesser quality are alike.

    CC.

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    TaijiQuan (Huang, 5 loosenings)
  3. Short honeymoon? by Ricin · · Score: 4, Funny

    The guy just got married. From his website:

    "Until Feb 25th, I am going to be extremely busy with my wedding and honeymoon. I will be slow replying to non-wedding related emails during this time so please accept my apologies in advance. I expect to have a backlog of mail when I return so give me a few days to respond to these (probably by early March)."

    Now, I hope his honeymoon was short, not his marriage. Perhaps they have an OpenMarriage though :)

  4. Re:will this work... by tuba_dude · · Score: 5, Funny

    OpenReligion...Nah, doesn't sound right. OpenOsiris? BSDBuddah? GNU/Jesus? This could go somewhere...

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    "The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
  5. burned at the stake by mattdm · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can take ideas from religions freely and to form your own religion.

    I think the historical cases where this happened peacably are the exceptions, rather than the rule. There's almost always anger and political fighting, and often actual violence, all the way up to outright war.

    Since most religions view their picture of the universe as The One True Path, it's typically more of a "freely distributable; do not modify under pain of eternal damnation" sort of license.