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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:That's great and all... by NineNine · 2004-08-10 08:52 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Be careful of my site. There are some shitty galleries in there that could cause problems if you're not using Firefox/Mozilla and/or a virus checker. I've been meaning to re-write my scripts to clear out the trash for a while now, but the goddamned spammers/scammers never stop.
Re:That's great and all... by Lord+Kano · 2004-08-10 08:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I'm using Opera and Norton AV 2003 with up to date definitions.

Thanks for the heads up.

LK

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Re:Freesoft ware is worth what you pay for it by YU+Nicks+NE+Way · 2004-08-10 09:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So you're saying that molecular nitrogen is not only valueless, but of net negative value? That would jibe with my experience of free software on the desktop.