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Think Tank Report On the State of Open Source

Posted by kdawson on from the looking-in-the-mirror dept.

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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  1. Whoa! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    My mommy looks like Jim-Bob Hawley!

  2. Yo! Douche Bag! Up Your Nose with uh Mello Roll ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    Yo! Douche Bag! Up Your Nose with uh Mello Roll ! Uuuuyuh

  3. Linux doesn't need these as*holes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They can either comply, or it will be a matter of time before they are put out of business.

  4. Re:Surprising? by hswerdfe · · Score: 0, Troll

    Once upon a time, Open Source developers were called all sorts of filthy names... like gypsies, hippies, communists etc. etc. you forgot capitalist.
    --
    --meh--
  5. linux? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    people still using that crap?