So could anybody explain why this debate is important? I suppose amusement value counts.
On 1/15/06, T. Joseph CARTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 10:52:49AM -0800, Jeff wrote: > > "It's the internet, stupid" > > > > ONLamp.com: There Is No Open Source Community > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2006/01/12/no_oss_community.html > > Looks like propaganda from the O'Reilly/Raymond camp to me. O'Reilly has > been looking to debunk this idea of an ideological community since 1998--a > fact the article states plainly. They describe the success of the open > source moniker, but conveniently leave out the fact that the open source > community is not the pragmatic alternative to the free software zealots > they so want you to stop paying attention to. > > Because they have failed to do so, they must marginalize or eliminate the > influence of that community. I suspect--but do not claim--that others who > actually know these people might agree that Eric Raymond, Bruce Perens, > Richard Stallman, and the others of their kind are basically resident > gasbags in the community, always prepared to offer their own opinions as > the conscious will of the community without bothering to consult us first. > This is my opinion, and if you want to know what somebody else thinks you > maybe ought to ask them. > > The claim of the article, obviously, is that there is no community. What > exists is rather just a natural consequence of the Internet, the article > argues. It is true that the notion of a single interconnected community > is a myth, but to claim that there is no community is disrespectful to the > members of certain key communities which make up the mythical global open > source community. > > First we have the development communities. Without them, there would be > no open source. The notion that you should give away your code to the > world is largely a new concept--but the idea of sharing your code with > those around you isn't. At least, it isn't in the academic world. All > that the Internet does is make the community of those around you to share > with larger. These have spread beyond the academic communities now, and > the results have more than merely academic interest, but the underlying > bits are still there. > > Am I missing something? > > -- > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, > but a habit." > -- Aristotle > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > -- Edward P. Craig "Think this through with me. Let me know your mind" Hunter/Garcia _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
