On Sep 23, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Michael McCandless wrote: > Well, I know I personally feel this way! I've worked on closed source > search engines a good while, and now Lucene/Solr for a good while, and > I know which one makes me happier ;)
I hear ya. The interesting thing for me, is it isn't just about contributing to open source, either, though. It's about working with it, even alongside/with proprietary solutions. At the end of the day, I want to choose what is best to solve the problem not have it decided for me b/c that's what I happen to have a license for. > > And I suspect that's a good strategy by this client of yours.. > > I know once I finally have to move away from my sponsor, being free to > work in open-source will be a strong requirement for whatever I do > next. > > As for "real" references, I think this video is delightfully relevant: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc Very cool and well worth watching! -Grant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: community-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: community-h...@apache.org
