____/ 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.
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