Commercial Software Will Include Open Source, Gartner Says
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| At least 80 percent of all commercial software products will include elements
| of open-source code by 2010, according to Mark Driver, vice president of
| research at Gartner.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2185384,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
The Most Irritating Question in the World
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| This is not rocket science. The early open source nay-sayers often contended
| that open source wouldn't last because no one would get paid for it. They
| were wrong then, and they're wrong now.
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http://tinosc.blogspot.com/2007/09/most-irritating-question-in-world.html
SaaS vs. Open Source: Open Source will win
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| The SaaS guys that provide actual value like Omniture, OpSource and a few
| others have a retainable space in the ecosystem. But, it's hard to see how
| majority of the companies on display at Dreamforce will build sustainable
| revenue outside of the Salesforce.com
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/09/saas_vs_open_so.html
Related:
Open APIs versus open source
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| APIs, alone, only get you so far with third-party developers, as Juergen
| notes: "Some contributers just want to get into the guts of the system,
| contributing on much deeper levels than just the APIs. In that case, well
| designed and
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9764834-16.html
Is SaaS legitimate open source?
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| So today’s question is this. Is the Web evolving too fast for the licenses?
| Can licenses catch up to deal with the demands of an online world? Or will
| Web 2.0, based on open source software, remain in effect “proprietary.”
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1349
Is Google Becoming An Enemy To Open Source?
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| In the end, Google will pick its shots when it comes to open source. In other
| words, Google will toggle between open source friend and foe based on its own
| interests.
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http://software.seekingalpha.com/article/45236
My Tongue-Lashing from Eben Moglen
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| He made a strong statement about why the Free Software Foundation ultimately
| chose not to close the "SaaS loophole" in GPLv3...
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http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/08/my_tonguelashin.html
Pendulum has swung in the open source debate
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| Once upon a time, the term "open source" was coined to save the free-software
| world from itself--or, rather, from the free-software zealots, as you can
| read on the Open Source Initiative's Web site.
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| Today, I can't help but feel that the pendulum has swung in the opposite
| direction, where we're so self-satisfied with the money we're making off open
| source that we have neglected the essential freedoms that make open-source
| profit possible.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9752966-7.html
Open Source is no Web 2.0
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| It is time we stop the term open source from getting hijacked. I recently
| wrote about how tech media doesn’t get open source. The events in the last
| week or so have confirmed my thesis further.
|
| [...]
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| It is time for saner elements in the open source world to wake up and stop
| the abuse of the term open source by the tech media and companies like
| Microsoft. If we don’t do it now, the only other alternative is the free
| software movement and the business community may not be able to leverage the
| freedom offered by the free software then.
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http://www.krishworld.com/blog/open-source/open-source-is-no-web-20
Cries for help go out as open source mogul's radar breaks
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| That very speech served as O'Reilly's attempt to make up for his evisceration
| as the hands of Free Software Foundation attorney Eben Moglen. One day
| earlier, Moglen charged O'Reilly with wasting too much time on hem lines,
| haircuts and the latest fluffy Web 2.0 start-up that looks like it might be
| acquired for a ridiculous amount of cash. O'Reilly had no counter on the
| actual day of Moglen's attack, but thought about the issues overnight.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/28/oscon_oreilly_radar/
Eben Moglen challenges Tim O'Reilly to "join the conversation"
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| At the O'Reilly Open Source Convention today, Software Freedom Law Center
| director Eben Moglen threw down the gauntlet to O'Reilly founder and CEO Tim
| O'Reilly. Saying that O'Reilly had spent 10 years making money and building
| the O'Reilly name, Moglen invited O'Reilly to stop being "frivolous" and to
| join the conversation about software freedom.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/118201
Web 2.0: Revolution or Hype?
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| "There is certainly an element of hype in any technology revolution," said
| Tim O'Reilly, founder and chief executive of O'Reilly Media.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/58460.html
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