The Real Value of Open Source
Groklaw's Tim Daly has an interesting view on the Real Value of Open Source. Basically, the Open source development model is seen as a model that tries to solve the innovation happens elsewhere problem. From Tim's email: .../... I've been programming for 35 years. My current boss has been teaching for about 50 years. His resume boasts 150 papers and 7 books. My resume mentions work that I've done also. However my work was done in companies and is proprietary. In almost every case after I left the company the work was abandoned. Thus the company has wasted both their money and my time as well as a potentially valuable resource. It seems that he is missing the scientific approach (methodology) that his boss has been using for years... Beyond the survival value is the fact that at the time I leave the company I'm the worlds expert in the work I'm doing. Even though the company has lost interest in the work there is no reason for it to die. There may be other companies who need the same kind of work. ... The best person to hire to customize open source software is the lead developer. ... I predict that there will be an economic shift around open source software. Developers will job shop with smart companies to rapidly customize software. Companies will lease developers for short term tasks. The result will be added to the open source pile. Interesting thoughts indeed. The full article is available at: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050516122114637 J. Antas
Re: The Real Value of Open Source
Uh...you mean the NIH (Nothing Invented Here) syndrome?? --- J. Antas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Groklaw's Tim Daly has an interesting view on the Real Value of Open Source. Basically, the Open source development model is seen as a model that tries to solve the innovation happens elsewhere problem. From Tim's email: .../... I've been programming for 35 years. My current boss has been teaching for about 50 years. His resume boasts 150 papers and 7 books. My resume mentions work that I've done also. However my work was done in companies and is proprietary. In almost every case after I left the company the work was abandoned. Thus the company has wasted both their money and my time as well as a potentially valuable resource. It seems that he is missing the scientific approach (methodology) that his boss has been using for years... Beyond the survival value is the fact that at the time I leave the company I'm the worlds expert in the work I'm doing. Even though the company has lost interest in the work there is no reason for it to die. There may be other companies who need the same kind of work. ... The best person to hire to customize open source software is the lead developer. ... I predict that there will be an economic shift around open source software. Developers will job shop with smart companies to rapidly customize software. Companies will lease developers for short term tasks. The result will be added to the open source pile. Interesting thoughts indeed. The full article is available at: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050516122114637 J. Antas A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
