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Is Open Source The Salvation Army Of Software?
from the get-rid-of-your-junk dept
When you have old clothes and furniture you want to get rid of, you donate it to the Salvation Army. Paul Krill is now asking if the same thing is happening with old software, but instead of donating it to the Salvation Army, companies are simply offering it up as open source. He points to a variety of recent high profile "open source" announcements from companies, including today's deal for AOL to sell Netscape's server technology to Red Hat, who will open source it (a slightly different deal that the others, in that this one was sold -- though, some folks have noticed that this is actually the second time AOL has sold this technology). It's an interesting theory, and it's not necessarily a bad idea. If companies no longer want to support applications, why not just open source it and see what the community can do? Also, it can't harm the open source community, but could help them by giving them more access to technology that could be helpful in a variety of projects -- even if it's a little old (and faded around the edges).
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Re: What about upgrading this site to current fash
And while you're at it, add a comment rating feature so that we can all Mod Dorpus's comments down so that we don't have to see them any more...
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Re: What about upgrading this site to current fash
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D-chip
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Re: D-chip
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OS is not free
Here we go again, comparing Open Source to donations to the Salvation Army. Open Source does not mean free or given away - just a different way to manage your IP. Look at Trolltech (www.trolltech.com) as an example - a commercial Open Source company (which, incidentally, releases a new version every day)
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