You can argue Open Source and not lose. It can be like the argument for Democratic, Free Market, Open Societies; these are things that can not be easily contended, when debated in a forum open to Peer Review. It is difficult to overcome the fact that even Microsoft has gone Open Source with its largest clients. Microsoft Operating Systems ARE Open Source to NATO, the Chinese, British, & Russian governments; governments demand it -- there are reasons for this.
Trust & Security: The principle of Trust Services is based on Peer Review. You cannot be Secure without Trust in your Systems. Peer Review is an incarnation of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand. Without Peer Review, what kind of Government do you have ? What kind of System do you have ?
Flexibility: Milton Friedman's theories on "The Role of Government in Education" & how to introduce flexibility into school systems, could be employed to solidify the point that there is merit in Systems designed with Flexibility in mind. The fact that Open Source solutions run across all levels of computing, from PDA to Supercluster, should be sufficient to quell any questions regarding its Flexibility. [ref: YOPY & SGI Altix 3000]
Support: Peer Review & Peer Support are very similar.
Cost: IT'S FREE !!!
You may ask your foe: Why would you want to implement a System model based on central planning & subject yourself to countless regulations, restrictions & licenses ? [ref: MS EULA & how it changes] What would Hayek say about that ? Is that not "The Road to Serfdom" ?
Hear me now & believe me later, it is Ruby you are looking for.
"One of the many advantages of dynamic languages such as Ruby is the ability to introspect---to examine aspects of the program from within the program itself." http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ospace.h tml
"In Ruby, everything is an Object".methods.each{|s| puts s}
File.open("posterity", "w+") do |f|
Marshal.dump(anyObject, f) end
i say, the site is slick... if You are using luddite browser software, screw You, You are probably backdoored and spreading virus, just cuz You haven't patched some hole that any moron has... dont You know, software needs to be updated always, and You must run only the most recent version; patch often, because the old version is not as good as the new one and the old one carries security flaws that have been patched in the new one... javascript rocks, plain html is boring and stupid to write.
while i am flaming you flamers, i will say loudly, to all you haters out there posting before me and bashing The Games, the Olympics rock the band!! you freakin lamerz... bashin The Games... no national pride... you should be ashamed.
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You can argue Open Source and not lose. It can be like the argument for Democratic, Free Market, Open Societies; these are things that can not be easily contended, when debated in a forum open to Peer Review. It is difficult to overcome the fact that even Microsoft has gone Open Source with its largest clients. Microsoft Operating Systems ARE Open Source to NATO, the Chinese, British, & Russian governments; governments demand it -- there are reasons for this.
Trust & Security:
The principle of Trust Services is based on Peer Review. You cannot be Secure without Trust in your Systems. Peer Review is an incarnation of Adam Smith's Invisible Hand. Without Peer Review, what kind of Government do you have ? What kind of System do you have ?
Flexibility:
Milton Friedman's theories on "The Role of Government in Education" & how to introduce flexibility into school systems, could be employed to solidify the point that there is merit in Systems designed with Flexibility in mind. The fact that Open Source solutions run across all levels of computing, from PDA to Supercluster, should be sufficient to quell any questions regarding its Flexibility. [ref: YOPY & SGI Altix 3000]
Support:
Peer Review & Peer Support are very similar.
Cost:
IT'S FREE !!!
You may ask your foe: Why would you want to implement a System model based on central planning & subject yourself to countless regulations, restrictions & licenses ? [ref: MS EULA & how it changes] What would Hayek say about that ? Is that not "The Road to Serfdom" ?
This may also be a good time to reference Hayek's "The Use of Knowledge in Society".
Hear me now & believe me later, it is Ruby you are looking for.
h tml
"One of the many advantages of dynamic languages such as Ruby is the ability to introspect---to examine aspects of the program from within the program itself."
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ospace.
"In Ruby, everything is an Object".methods.each{|s| puts s}
File.open("posterity", "w+") do |f|
Marshal.dump(anyObject, f)
end
i say, the site is slick ... if You are using luddite browser software, screw You, You are probably backdoored and spreading virus, just cuz You haven't patched some hole that any moron has ... dont You know, software needs to be updated always, and You must run only the most recent version; patch often, because the old version is not as good as the new one and the old one carries security flaws that have been patched in the new one ... javascript rocks, plain html is boring and stupid to write.
... bashin The Games ... no national pride ... you should be ashamed.
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while i am flaming you flamers, i will say loudly, to all you haters out there posting before me and bashing The Games, the Olympics rock the band!! you freakin lamerz
rise up
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