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Open Sources 2.0
dpilgrim writes "O'Reilly has just released a successor volume to 1999's "Open Sources", entitled "Open Sources 2.0". The table of contents reveals contributions from a number of open source luminaries, including Mozilla's Mitchell Baker, Samba's Jeremy Allison, and Sleepycat's Michael Olson. There's also an essay co-authored by Slashdot's own Jeff Bates. The sample chapter is the introduction, and includes an entertaining riff on the parallels between the open source community and the Burning Man community. This volume is edited by two of the original three editors, Chris DiBona (former Slashdot editor) and Mark Stone, together with Danese Cooper. You might want to compare this with the original "Open Sources", whose entire text can be found online."
A bunch of disorganized dirty hippies spouting nonsense, getting high and running around in every direction like chickens with their heads cut off all the while building poorly designed, outragously complicated things that do nothing...Sounds like the oss community to me.
Sam Ockman has arguably been one of the people best able to make money from Open Source while still standing behind the GPL. Why wasn't he asked to contribute to this latest edition? I have some ideas, based on who is listed as an editor on this one and his personality shortcomings. But I'd love to hear the official explanation.
Naked bike race anyone?
A large group of social misfits, overweight, pasty white, bearded and possibly unwashed, naked men?? All sporting boners due to the thought that what their doing is "for the community" and somehow sticking it to Microsoft.
Ahhhhgg my eyes!
Funnily enough, the Capcha word for this post was "uncouth". LOL!!!