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Linux, Windows Seek Strength in Competition
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| A competitive market, in which a number of producers offer a variety of
| similar products that all have their own unique selling points, is good for
| consumers. That's because producers gain customers only by tailoring products
| to match consumers' demands. Or put another way, consumers can look at a
| selection of competing products and choose the one that's best for them.
| Innovation by one producer is followed by others' imitations, so over time
| the overall quality of all the product offerings improves.
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http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3801866
Related:
Software Science vs Software Evolution, or Software Science and Software
Evolution?
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| And yet the unanticipated success of high profile technologies like Linux,
| Apache, MySQL, PHP, and even Rails suggest that complementing software
| science with software evolution is likely to yield even more impressive
| results. By all means, employ science to focus and hone your investments when
| necessary, but don’t forget that evolution is where true innovation comes
| from.
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http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/12/11/software_evolution/
The Software God Delusion
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| Open source isn’t religion; it’s an evolution of the software industry.
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http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2007/06/the_software_go.html
Have we raised a generation of technology drones?
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| I have been in the IT field long enough to remember when we didn't
| live in a Microsoft centric world. Several office applications from
| different vendors existed: Wordstar, Ami Pro/Word Pro, WordPerfect,
| Word, etc. Everyone had their preferences, based on needs, personal
| preferences, support and sometimes just on having learned a particular
| application first. Microsoft's domination in the office and now
| educational desktop seems to have led to a generation of technology
| drones. How can competition exist when anything not produced by Microsoft
| is considered to be a lesser product?
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/have_we_raised_a_generation_of_technology_drones
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