On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:06:36 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Sunday 29 July 2007 13:50 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Fotango COO quits job during keynote speech
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| A splash of drama hit OSCON this morning, as the COO of software maker
>>>| Fotango resigned from the company during his keynote, protesting a decision
>>>| not to open source the Zimki utility computing platform.
>>>|
>>>| [...]
>>>|
>>>| According to Wardley, a successful, open utility computing layer will
>>>| depend on open standards -- namely the General Public Licence v3 (GPL),
>>>| which Wardley pointed to again and again.
>>>|
>>>| "Open source is not a tactic. It is not a strategy. It is the only
>>>| practical way of competing in this marketplace."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/27/wardley_zimki_fotango/
>>
>> He's quite right. Business has moved on from the lock-in model (unless
>> you're Ashley Highfield at the BBC or Alastair Farquarson at the
>> National Archives)
>
> Well, the BBC is a monopoly in a way. They can't just run out of business.
> Money comes in regardless what they do with it or how successfully they
> operate.
True, but if they fail significantly to fulfill their mandate, they stand
to lose the licence fee, and therefore their money.
The Beeb is doing a diffilcult job in difficult times, and not coming out
of it too badly, IMO.
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Kier
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