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The Implications Of Software Commodity?

Posted by simoniker on from the the-sun-never-sets dept.

comforteagle writes "David Stutz has written elegant piece over at OSDir.com titled 'Some Implications of Software Commoditization'. It explores the concept of commodification in a historical context while also seeking to discover lessons that might be applied to contemporary open source business efforts. David gets extra points in my books for including sugar, Shakespeare, open source, MP3s, and the British Empire in one article."

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  1. Oh yeah? new form of karma whoring by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    David gets extra points in my books for including sugar, Shakespeare, open source, MP3s, and the British Empire in one article.

    "To MP3 or not to MP3, that is the question:
    Whether 'tis GNUer in the mind to suffer
    The slings and arrows of outrageous coffee with no sugar
    ..."

    Okay, do I get points now?

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash