red1, correction, foss is not an antithesis of economics though foss is certainly an anti-thesis of american capitalism / imperialism (citing the simile by azrul).
appreciate if you can replace the phrase anti-thesis of economics to anti-thesis of american capitalism / colonial imperialism in slide 9 in economics, foss is considered most similar to the concept of the commons (one of the earliest english writing on economics, at that point still a political field of study, is on this commons). a lot of public services like healthcare, education, street lighting, forestry at some extent fall into this subject. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons a good read is ibn khaldun's concept of social cohesion which dates back to the 14th century. rafe should read on this topic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Khaldun however, your observations on the problems are correct. it is very difficult to put a price to something that is free (how does one price the air that we breathe ?) and also address the problem of free-riders (consume but do not contribute). the problem is not with grants (as lots of grants finance foss projects around the world) but the criteria for a ROI (return on investment) which is very hard to price in money terms. unlike industrial economics where wealth correlates positively with production (and with it goes proprietary protection of production), knowledge flourishes with consumption (as in the case of academic work citation). the original authors of the academic work do not get any money for being cited, but there is no denying that these works that are most cited advances the particular field of study. foss is certainly viable and is a thriving symbiosis of industry and community. however, ROI is not the right measure of viability / feasibility for foss projects or anything public commons good. if we had used ROI in all our decisions, malaysia will not have had klcc twin towers, putrajaya, proton, taman negara, oscc, felda, public hospitals, public schools, etc 2009/11/3 red1 <[email protected]> > > Sekali lagi saya berbicara tentang keBEBASan, tetapi dikemaskinikan > untuk sektor perniagaan kerana saya dicalonkan dalam track business. > http://red1.org/FreeAsInFreedom.pdf > > Satu slide mengenai permasalahan ERP bebas iaitu keperluan untuk > kepakaran yang berpengalaman. Kerana masa persembahan cuma 25 minit, > maka jika ada masa sahaja saya akan membongkar punca kegagalan projek > ERP sebenarnya. Terpulang kepada citarasa dan wajah penonton sedia ada. > > Ketiga-tiga hari MyGOSSCON wa ala pasal wa jaga pasukan jaga speaker dan > twit sesi. > > Tuit tuit.. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
