AndrueC;148186 Wrote: > That being the case - why are so many people so keen on making > everything open source?
here's the manifesto that answers that question in great detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cathedral_and_the_Bazaar embracing the idea that code shouldn't cost money is difficult for many to grasp, I know. My philosophy usually boils down to: pay for physical products, pay for services rendered, do not pay for software. philanthropy is absolutely part of it, but that's not all of it. It's embracing the concept that "The Bazaar" can organically make better technology than the "The Cathedral". Firefox (open-source) vs. IE (proprietary) Wikipedia (open-source) vs. Encylopedia Brittanica/Encarta/Whatever (proprietary) #!/ben -- bklaas "the Nokia770 skin guy" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28873 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
