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What Business Can Learn from Open Source

Posted by Zonk on from the lots-of-elbow-grease-makes-things-go dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Home ! Office by lseltzer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lazy bum clockwatcher. Your job is to get your work done.

  2. Darwinian... by Vo0k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, the best blogs spreat, the worse ones get forgotten. But the worst ones can cost you a breakfast.

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    Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
    1. Re:Darwinian... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      MY BROWSER ASPLODE

    2. Re:Darwinian... by Orrin+Bloquy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Teh goggles they do nNO CARRIER

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      "Made up/misattributed quote that makes me look smart. I am on /. and I must look smart."
  3. Re:Blogging similar to open source? by aussie_a · · Score: 3, Funny

    WTF!? BLOG!? I hate that word. It's just stupid.

    And yet it's the most common word in your entire post.

    Will this get a Funny? Or is the mod-system still broken?

  4. Re:Home ! Office by jimbolauski · · Score: 3, Funny

    All I can think of is how Homer worked at home and how well that went, unfortunatly there are people like that in the world. Besides that who wants to get yelled at by their boss and wife in the same hour.

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    Knowledge = Power
    P= W/t
    t=Money
    Money = Work/Knowledge so the less you know the more you make