__/ [ BearItAll ] on Monday 04 September 2006 09:21 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Open Source: How both capitalists and communists got it wrong
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Open Source movement has a very passionate group of developers and
>> | users provoking similar reaction from the opposing camp (proprietary
>> | software developers and users). The open source movement was considered
>> | as socialistic movement by some and communist movement by some other
>> | people. Bill Gates has called the pro-open source campaigners as modern
>> | day communists and Shai Agassi from SAP management team has compared
>> | open source with socialism. There has been some talk about how
>> | different countries consider open source based on their
>> | ideologies..."
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | If anything, the capitalists should embrace the open source model and
>> | the communist should embrace the proprietary model. But, what we are
>> | seeing is just the reverse of what should naturally happen. The
>> | capitalists are trying to write off open source model as a communist
>> | ideology and the communists are embracing it even though the development
>> | process is not in tune with their own operating structure.
>> `----
>>
>> http://opensource.goingon.com/permalink/post/4374
>>
>> The subject line refers to just part of a much broader discussion.
>
> Gads I hate seeing politics discussed under the computer banner.
I hesitated before posting. Sorry about that, Bear.
> If anything it is MS who have taken the communistic approach 'kill off all
> opposition'.
More of a totalitarian approach, but the two aren't dissimilar.
> But in the end I think people chose an OS because it works.
I does. There are ways, however, to may the opponent's side not function (or
deliberately make it harder). I don't want to use non-technical analogies
because it might upset you. *smile*
Best wishes,
Roy
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