Well, I believe the spirit of the Open Source movement dates back to Martin Luther......but that's just my $.02
James Mitchell Software Engineer/Struts Evangelist http://www.open-tools.org "If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?" - Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing > -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of V. Cekvenich > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Ben Franklin and Open Source: > > > Repost from SVLUG: > > "Bill Kendrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > I was listening to Marketplace (which plays on KXJZ at 6:30pm weekdays; > > http://www.marketplace.org/ ) and at one point they were > talking about an > > upcoming PBS show on Benjamin Franklin. They briefly spoke with one > > Mr. Walter Isaacson, chairman and CEO of CNN [*], as he also happens to > > be writing a book on Franklin. > > > > At one point, Isaacson mentioned that Franklin never sought any > patents on > > what he invented. To my surprise [**], Marketplace's host, David > Brancaccio, > > pointed out the similarity between that and the Open Source movement. > > Isaacson responded "Yes!", and stated that if Franklin were > alive today, > > he'd probably be very much part of that movement. :^) > > > > > > Pretty neat. :^) > > > > -bill! > > > > [*] I believe. He's _something_ at CNN. Best I can find Google'ing > is that > > he _was_ fairly recently. > > > > [**] Maybe I'm thinking like it's 1999, and nobody knows what > > Lie-nicks is. ;^) I guess it's hard to get used to. > > We, the Open Source community, really _are_ famous and > important and > > note-worthy. Woo-hoo! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > svlug mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.svlug.org/lists/listinfo/svlug > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
