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Open Season On Open Source?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the everyone-becomes-the-man-eventually dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece looking at the possible future of open source. The article's conclusion is that it might be grim. From the piece: 'Software giant Oracle Corp. has acquired two small open-source companies and is in negotiations to buy at least one more. Many experts believe this is the beginning of a broader trend in which established tech companies scoop up promising open-source startups. While the validation is thrilling it's also unsettling. Many young idealists who set out to create an alternative to the tech Establishment now find themselves becoming part of it.'"

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  1. Re:The open source fad will die by Yaa+101 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You are a troll or plainly incapable of running an OS.
    This is not MS kiddie stuff you are used to.

    Real programmers don't care what OS and what computer system they work for.
    Computers are computers...

  2. Re:The open source fad will die by drooling-dog · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    I decided I would try a whole bunch of distributions, I tried Red Hat 9, Fedora Core 2, SuSe 9.1, Debian, and Mandrake 10.

    So after having a miserable experience with one distribution - on top of objecting morally to the whole idea of FOSS to begin with - you actually had the tenacity to try out five more distributions. Well, I for one am impressed with your tenacity (if not your honesty). But with your ability to learn and figure out simple things, not so much.

    I'm an excellent software engineer

    I'll bet you're an excellent driver, too. Glad you don't work for me if you couldn't figure this stuff out after years of trying, though.