Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:49:28 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Excellent Gartner Group report: Debunking Open Source Mythsc Message-ID: <20000129134928.D17521@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000128130927.046ee770@localhost> References: <xzpvh4exk9i.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <4.2.2.20000128130927.046ee770@localhost>
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On Friday, 28 January 2000 at 13:10:15 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 08:56 AM 1/28/2000 , Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > >> <URL:http://gartner12.gartnerweb.com/public/static/hotc/hc00085832.html>; >> >> This is *just* the thing to drop in your boss' mailbox if you're >> having trouble convincing him that Open Source is just as viable as >> commercial software. > > Alas, it's factually incorrect on several points. In particular, it > credits Stallman with originating the idea of open source software > "in 1984." Well, no, that's not what it says. To quote: The decision by AT&T to commercialize Unix in 1984 prompted the first attempt to organize the concept of free software ("free" as in freedom, not free of charge) around a license and a development project (see Note 2). What part of that do you consider incorrect? Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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