Hardly. Keep in mind that eBay and Google aren't participating in open source because of benevolence and overwhelming support for the model, it's because they derive benefit from it.
While they are supporters of the open source model, it's in their best interest to show benevolence to the open source community because (1) they derive benefit from the model, and (2) it's a great marketing device.
I have no qualms about saying that many down in the technical trenches in the open source community are being taken advantage of, and many larger companies are looking at open source as a way to build quality into products without incurring the cost.
Switch the names in this article....change Opera to "Microsoft" and Firefox to "Linux". Microsoft(Opera) claims that Linux(Firefox) usage and downloads are inflated, and by the way the Microsoft(Opera) products are much better.
Substance speaks volumes. Linux didn't rollover, even with the MS FUD machine at work against it (a very good machine, BTW). Opera is picking a fight to get itself in the news and seem relevant.
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Hardly. Keep in mind that eBay and Google aren't participating in open source because of benevolence and overwhelming support for the model, it's because they derive benefit from it. While they are supporters of the open source model, it's in their best interest to show benevolence to the open source community because (1) they derive benefit from the model, and (2) it's a great marketing device. I have no qualms about saying that many down in the technical trenches in the open source community are being taken advantage of, and many larger companies are looking at open source as a way to build quality into products without incurring the cost.
Switch the names in this article....change Opera to "Microsoft" and Firefox to "Linux". Microsoft(Opera) claims that Linux(Firefox) usage and downloads are inflated, and by the way the Microsoft(Opera) products are much better. Substance speaks volumes. Linux didn't rollover, even with the MS FUD machine at work against it (a very good machine, BTW). Opera is picking a fight to get itself in the news and seem relevant.