Think Tank Report On the State of Open Source

AlexGr writes to recommend an account of a meeting a couple of months back of representatives from more than 100 software companies discussing the state of open source software. The outcome is outlined in a 16-page report, 2007 Open Source Think Tank: The Future of Commercial Open Source (PDF). Among the surprising conclusions: participants noted a growing similarity in methods between open source and proprietary software development. They predicted some kind of convergence, where the best of both approaches gets adopted in each camp.

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Re:Can I be a Think Tank too?

[sayfawa]

You may be onto something. Everytime some stupid internet or patent law is close to being passed, we can summarize the prevailing thought on /. and submit it to the media as coming from an official think tank. We just need some sophisticated sounding name that won't be immediately associated with /.

Re:Can I be a Think Tank too?

[El_Muerte_TDS]

We just need some sophisticated sounding name that won't be immediately associated with /.

How about: National Enterprise Research Devision
Or: Global Electronically Evaluation Kommittee
Maybe even: Digital Organization of Reviewing Karmawhores