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Open source: It’s about capitalism, not freebies
I’ve been saying for years that open source is about capitalism, not communism.
I used to laugh when Microsoft ignorantly slandered open source as “anti-American” because the inverse was so clearly the case (PDF chapter from Open Sources 2.0).
Now Forbes, hardly a bastion of communist thought, is running an article that profiles several prominent open-source capitalists, [...]
Open Standards + Community Support = Healthy Wireless Networks
Mobile communications depends on the availability of service. Not only have carriers been using Linux in their network equipment for years, they also are incorporating open source software into the middleware layer of the stack. It’s key to maintain open and reliable standards for the health of the networks.
You may be thinking “who needs another [...]
Microsoft reverses course, becomes more open to open-source community
When Microsoft Corp. bought Powerset Inc. in July, it acquired more than just search engine technology. It also became the owner of open-source code that was — and still is — being contributed to the Apache Software Foundation’s Hadoop project.
Having open-source technology in a product was a first for Microsoft, said Robert Duffner, a senior [...]