The Care and Feeding of Open Source Software

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The Care and Feeding of Open Source Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday January 2, 2005 @03:21AM from the something-to-read dept.

An anonymous reader writes "You might find The Care and Feeding of FOSS (Free Open Source Software) interesting. This article debunks a lot of the myths and misunderstandings about the open-source software development process."

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It's Not? by sugapablo · 2005-01-02 03:28 · Score: 5, Funny

"Free Open-Source Software is not the brainchild of latter-day hippies, nor is it the doom of Western commerce."

It's not?!?

Damn!

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Be honest by Turn-X+Alphonse · 2005-01-02 03:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Why not just be honest about what OSS is? Its the Star trek ideals in software form. I scratch your back, you scratch mine and we improve the world (Universe).

Theres no need to explain it as anything more then that to non-geeks.

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1. Re:Be honest by Okonomiyaki · 2005-01-02 03:43 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Only on Slashdot would the explanation to "non-geeks" come in the form of a Star Trek analogy.
2. Re:Be honest by BorgCopyeditor · 2005-01-02 05:13 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  And only on Slashdot would the old saw "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours" be described as a "Star Trek ideal."
  Just sayin'.
  
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Rule #1 about Open Source Software by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-02 03:58 · Score: 0, Funny

Do NOT talk about Open Source Software
Re:Too deterministic by BorgCopyeditor · 2005-01-02 05:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Let me see if I've got this right. Since he argues that proprietary software ownership is not in itself unethical ...
... he is a Marxist?!?

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