How to Brand Eclipse
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| Ian also predicts that in the coming years 'open source’ will have less
| meaning as it continues to be overused and misused. "Instead people will
| start associating with different open source communities, such as Apache,
| Eclipse, GNU/FSF, Mozilla, Spring, etc. Each community will have their unique
| qualities and characteristics and might be known by a leading project -
| Apache=web server, Mozilla=Firefox, Eclipse=Java IDE.
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http://www.sda-india.com/sda_india/psecom,id,102,site_layout,sdaindia,news,19718,p,0.html
Maybe the problem is in mischaracterizing Google, not in its use of open source
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| But, as this person said, Google and its ilk really aren't software
| companies. They are the Nordstroms of the 21st Century, and just happen to
| use the web as their delivery mechanism.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9755112-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Related:
Pendulum has swung in the open source debate
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| Once upon a time, the term "open source" was coined to save the free-software
| world from itself--or, rather, from the free-software zealots, as you can
| read on the Open Source Initiative's Web site.
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| Today, I can't help but feel that the pendulum has swung in the opposite
| direction, where we're so self-satisfied with the money we're making off open
| source that we have neglected the essential freedoms that make open-source
| profit possible.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9752966-7.html
Open Source is no Web 2.0
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| It is time we stop the term open source from getting hijacked. I recently
| wrote about how tech media doesn’t get open source. The events in the last
| week or so have confirmed my thesis further.
|
| [...]
|
| It is time for saner elements in the open source world to wake up and stop
| the abuse of the term open source by the tech media and companies like
| Microsoft. If we don’t do it now, the only other alternative is the free
| software movement and the business community may not be able to leverage the
| freedom offered by the free software then.
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http://www.krishworld.com/blog/open-source/open-source-is-no-web-20
Cries for help go out as open source mogul's radar breaks
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| That very speech served as O'Reilly's attempt to make up for his evisceration
| as the hands of Free Software Foundation attorney Eben Moglen. One day
| earlier, Moglen charged O'Reilly with wasting too much time on hem lines,
| haircuts and the latest fluffy Web 2.0 start-up that looks like it might be
| acquired for a ridiculous amount of cash. O'Reilly had no counter on the
| actual day of Moglen's attack, but thought about the issues overnight.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/28/oscon_oreilly_radar/
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