The Business Value of Open Source Examined

Posted by michael on Tuesday August 10, 2004 @08:21AM from the intellectual-capital dept.

jg21 writes "'Open source developers have the opportunity to influence technology that is being used by companies and do it on a global scale in a way that cannot occur with any other type of software,' contends Bill Claybrook, writing in the current issue of LinuxWorld. The article is a historical overview of the open source revolution, starting in the 80s with the GNU Project, BSD, and TCP/IP and then moving into the 90s with Red Hat, StarOffice, and coming right into the 21st century with the Ximian Desktop and Sun's Linux-based Sun Java Desktop System."

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Re:Poor examples of free software by Frank+T.+Lofaro+Jr. · 2004-08-10 09:30 · Score: 4, Funny

And for the next 3 centuries:

2100 Nanotechnology software, Home genetic engineering software, HURD
2200 Warp engine controller software, HURD
2300 Mental telepathy software, HURD

And HURD will still be in development and "almost ready". ;)

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