Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 10:14:37 -0600 From: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quote about open source Message-ID: <20010202101437.A1529@home.com> In-Reply-To: <20010202140505.B91552@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org on Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:05:05PM %2B0000 References: <20010202140505.B91552@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Fri, Feb 02, 2001 at 02:05:05PM +0000, j mckitrick wrote: > > I just read this remark by BEA Systems founder and former Sun VP William > Coleman III: > > `The second problem is, and this is my most controversial remark, open > source is the end of innovation and it's the end of innovation because > open source can't happen until it's so broadly understood what's going > on that the innovation has slowed down to incrementalism.'' > > This is the first comment of this type I have ever heard. Any thoughts? I have heard similar comments before. Basically, the people who work for large software companies, well the people that run large software companies, like to think that the proprietary model of software development is the only model that fosters innovation. What they are overlooking is that much of the current IT infrastructure is based on open source products. These products were innovative at the time they were created. There was nothing similar. In fact there are instances even today where open source software has new and interesting features long before proprietary software manages to include the same, or comperable features. Another point I want to make is that open source really puts the "science" in the term "computer science". The scientific method requires that information be easily obtainable so that theories can be tested. This is impossible in the proprietary world. Now ask yourself, do you really think the scientific method is that wrong? -- Victor R. Cardona GnuPG Key fingerprint = 62B1 7995 A830 432C 74E8 1337 EDDB E682 3C76 7404 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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