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Looking beyond the open source battle
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| Since it launched in 2004, Firefox has chipped
| away at Internet Explorer's market share and
| established itself as the world's second most
| popular browser. But while attacks on open
| source still make Kapor's blood boil, he
| suggests that the bigger picture indicates
| that resistance is futile.
|
| "What's remarkable is that nobody remarks on
| it, because a few years ago people were
| virtually pulling out their guns to shoot at
| each other â and now it's a settled matter, as
| I read it."
|
| While Firefox is widely regarded as a huge
| success, Kapor warns that it is not actually
| the best example of the victory of open
| source. Instead, he suggests, the movement's
| main achievement actually lies out of sight â
| amid the systems that underpin the web itself.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/21/mitch-kapor-open-source
Related:
The Gates Transition
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| In an interview with the BBC which is being widely linked, I recently
| said âclaims by Microsoft that people were buying their software because it
| was good are pretty self-serving.â The BBC didnât run the rest of what I said
| about Microsoftâs success, probably because they were looking to find someone
| to set up opposite Bill. Fine. These days we have blogs, so hereâs my
| unfiltered side of the story.
|
| [...]
|
| But it doesnât mean that the great Gates fortune was acquired in an entirely
| fair way or that Bill should be held up uncritically as a model of a
| successful businessman for doing so. To do so is to rewrite history and
| endorse a way of doing business which is harmful both to consumers and
| markets
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http://blog.kapor.com/?p=85
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