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The Business Value of Open Source Examined

Posted by michael on 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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  1. Poll: WHICH IS BETTER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    Vote for: perdida
    Vote for: perdida's sister
    Vote for: mercatur
    Vote for: taco's wife
    Vote for: cowboyneal
    Vote for: rustina

    1. Re:Poll: WHICH IS BETTER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      For once, I could really have lived without the cowboy niel option. :(

  2. Hehehe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Great article about F/OSS history.

    See the Ads by Google? See the BSA "Report Software Piracy" Link? Click on it.

    Now report Linksys, etc. for using GPL software without releasing source. :)

  3. ATTENTION PEOPLE OF EARTH: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have a boner. ...

    That is all.

    1. Re:ATTENTION PEOPLE OF EARTH: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If that's true then why do I have one too, smartguy? Huh?

  4. frost post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh wait i phail ;(

  5. Re:That's great and all... by NineNine · · 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.

  6. Re:That's great and all... by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

    Thanks for the heads up.

    LK

    --
    "Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
  7. Re:Freesoft ware is worth what you pay for it by YU+Nicks+NE+Way · · 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.