Re: nettime Six Limitations to the Current Open Source Development Methodology

2003-08-18 Thread Atreyu 42
On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 15:31:11 +0100, Chris Croome [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I think that it is a new mode of production and I also think it is a post-capitalist mode of production and it is the crystalisation of this mode of production and the resulting clearer picture of the form that a new

Re: nettime Six Limitations to the Current Open Source Development Methodology

2003-08-18 Thread Benjamin Geer
Felix Stalder wrote: I totally agree that, from organizational point of view, the points you list such as open participation are very important. Your list is fully consistent with my elaborations. Yes. The Open Organizations project (http://www.open-organizations.org) is an attempt to

Re: nettime Six Limitations to the Current Open Source Development Methodology

2003-08-18 Thread Ian Dickson
A further note. Some proponents of Free Software think it is synonymous with Free Solutions. To which, (assuming that functionally either will do) there is one very simple question that they need to consider:- Is the likely IT overhead, in term of time, expertise or money involved in

Re: nettime Six Limitations to the Current Open Source Development Methodology

2003-08-16 Thread Felix Stalder
Hi Ben, I would be hesitant to define the open source approach solely or even primarily in terms of the characteristics you mention. Perhaps I did not put it as clearly as I should have. I did not mean to characterize the open source approach in terms of its internal organization. Rather,

nettime Six Limitations to the Current Open Source Development Methodology

2003-08-14 Thread Felix Stalder
Six Limitations to the Current Open Source Development Methodology The Open Source Approach to develop informational goods has been spectacularly successful, particularly in the area for which it was developed, software. Also beyond software, there are important, successfull Open Source projects

Re: nettime Six Limitations to the Current Open Source Development Methodology

2003-08-14 Thread Benjamin Geer
On Thursday 14 August 2003 14:07, Felix Stalder wrote: The Open Source Approach to develop informational goods has been spectacularly successful [...] The boundaries to the open production model as it has been established in the last decade are set by six conditions characterizing virtually