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What Business Can Learn from Open Source
dtolton writes "Paul Graham has written a fantastic article on what businesses can learn from Open Source. He covers why Amateurs can outperform Professionals, why the home is a better work environment than the office, and how bottom up ideas are better than top down. Finally he ties these lessons into the business relationship." Derived from a talk at Oscon 2005. From the article: "...the biggest thing business has to learn from open source is not about Linux or Firefox, but about the forces that produced them. Ultimately these will affect a lot more than what software you use. We may be able to get a fix on these underlying forces by triangulating from open source and blogging. As you've probably noticed, they have a lot in common."
Your personal life is a myth. Your employer can control what you do and who your friends are...at least in the US.
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I just re-read the article, and I've realized that this is one of the venture gapital guys that live in the happy-happy land where an idea to sell something online instantly qualifies you for a $10mil gift from one of these guys. Does anybody know how to get to this never-never land of slick marketing, lots of money, and no products? I've been working like a dog to scrape by with my real business for the past 3 years, and I'd like to cash in on some of this venture capital crap.
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