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IBM Turns to Open Source Development

Posted by Zonk on from the turning-up-in-lots-of-places dept.

mmmbop writes "'Is open source changing the way that software is made? It is at IBM. BetaNews sat down with Doug Heintzman, IBM Software Group's VP of Strategy and Technology, to discuss the adoption of a hybrid development model called Community Source that combines the best elements of the open source model with decades of IBM programming practice - avoiding a top down approach that IBM says could make Microsoft's Longhorn obsolete upon arrival.' A long read, but well worth it."

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  1. BENEDICT ARNOLDS OF THE OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    • Marc Andreessen made 100s of millions of dollars shortly after graduating from UIUC. Today's graduates of the same university face moving back in with their parents. "Fuck that, I got mine!"
    • Brian Behlendorf decided he'd rather go to India to recruit software engineers than help out the graduating classes of 2001-2004 here in the US.
    • Robert Malda stood idly by and said NOTHING while his company offshored its flagship product.
    • Linux Lab set up shop in Bangalore!
    • Daniel Robbins decided to sell out his open source compatriots by taking a job with Microsoft in Redmond, Washington!

    Miguel de Icaza, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, and Linus Torvalds all got rich off the Open Source Movement. What do you have to look forward to?

  2. The same way ... by ninja_assault_kitten · · Score: -1, Troll

    Humans are said to see their lives flash before them before death.. Large technology dinosaurs turn to Open Source.