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Chris Dixon: Tradeoff Between Open and Closed
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| The paper makes a very interesting point
| when talking about the open-ness of Linux:
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| For Linux and other platforms, openness
| at the sponsor level entails greater
| openness at the user level, as it
| implies not only nondiscrimination in
| platform access, but also in the
| process of defining platform standards.
|
| Allow me to expand on this point:
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| * Open-ness at any âhigherâ level
| entails greater open-ness at any
| âlowerâ level, and
| * Closed-ness at any âhigherâ level
| entails greater closed-ness at any
| âlowerâ level
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| The retention of acceptable accessibility
| is why more often than not, companies based
| on closed and proprietary practices are
| unable or unwilling to produce truly open
| products, protocols or platforms.
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http://www.the-source.com/2010/04/chris-dixon-tradeoff-between-open-and-closed/
Open vs. Closed: What Does Open Really Mean?
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| So, in other words, Windows is open for
| âdemand-sideâ users and âsupply-sideâ users
| (developers) but closed when it comes to
| design and intellectual property, meaning
| the look and the underlying code canât be
| changed or used by anyone other than
| Microsoft. An open-source platform like
| Linux, of course, is open in every sense of
| the word. And while the iPhone is open for
| users, itâs closed to developers and anyone
| who wants to change the platform. Even
| these definitions are open to debate,
| however: Dixon says that some see the
| iPhone as only partly closed to developers
| â a truly closed platform wouldnât allow
| third-party apps at all, as most phones
| didnât before the iPhone.
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http://gigaom.com/2010/04/26/open-vs-closed-what-does-open-really-mean/
Recent:
NZ school ditches Microsoft and goes totally open source
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| A New Zealand high school running entirely
| on open source software has slashed its
| server requirements by a factor of almost
| 50, despite a government deal mandating the
| use of Microsoft software in all schools.
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| [...]
|
| The implementation uses Ubuntu on the
| desktop and Mandriva for four key servers
| (one firewall, one storage and two KVM
| hypervisors). Mandriva was selected because
| of the ease of using Mandriva Directory
| Server to manage the school's LDAP
| directory, but Brennan said either desktop
| or server OS could easily be replaced.
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http://www.cio.com.au/article/333686/nz_school_ditches_microsoft_goes_totally_open_source
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