Roy Schestowitz :
> __/ [ Handover Phist ] on Saturday 23 September 2006 19:49 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz :
>>> Open Source Rocks
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| I've been doing a little work on a proof-of-concept for a new fully
>>>| WordPress driven alexking.org site. I'm working off of the current WP
>>>| trunk ("trunk" is the place bugs are created in any software), so
>>>| naturally I ran into a couple of minor issues.
>>>|
>>>| After a brief IM conversation with Ryan to make sure I was fixing the
>>>| issues correctly, I submitted a patch and minutes later it was
>>>| committed. Fantastic!
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/09/19/open-source-rocks/
>>
>> And *that's* why open source works. See problem -> fix problem. It's
>> easy to do this around the house but really hard to do in a corporate
>> situation unless you have these advantages:
>>
>> Access to the source
>> Access to the authors
>> A method of communication that is fast
>> A product that is easily changed and reproduced
>>
>> Software is the only industry (I think) that meets all the requirements
>> for the OSS model, although other companies are trying to reproduce it
>> in a way that works for them (see Open Source Beer). The OSS community
>> takes such good advantage of the opportunities presented by it's own
>> product, other models cant keep up as well. They've limited their
>> resources for fear of the $Bottom_Line.
>
> Open Source journalism
>
> Open Source reviews (e.g. of papers, patents)
>
> Open Source authorship (e.g. academic papers using Wikis)
>
> Heck, last month I saw this Open Source business and this morning I found
> Open Source sex (whether it refrred to gender, I don't wish to know).
>
> http://www.compsoc.com/~cmulvey/index.html
>
> It hasn't progressed since I last saw it. *frown*
Dude! The site was made with WORD! Holy crap. Maybe I'll but in and
develop a site for the guy. He'll most definitely need a Wiki of some
sort!
Helluvan idea. I vote to get a raise! ;)
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