Open Source vs. Business
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| Blame it on semantics
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| In 1998, the term "open source" was coined by a group of developers attending
| O'Reilly's Freeware Summit. Developers and leaders of some of the most
| influential free and open-source projects convened to discuss the confusion
| surrounding the sometimes synonymous terms open source, free software and
| freeware. It seemed early on that the public was having trouble understanding
| that businesses often stood behind open-source projects and that paid
| services were sometimes necessary. Despite this long history, the confusion
| surrounding the cohabitation of open source and business remains.
|
| [...]
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| The next time you find yourself using a piece of open-source software, think
| about the thousands of hours that dozens of people contributed so you could
| use it for free. Consider purchasing those services from that business to
| support its effort. And always remember, it's an open-source project, not an
| open-source business.
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http://www.cpilive.net/v3/inside.aspx?scr=n&NID=2015&cat=FEATURES&pub=COMPUTER%20NEWS%20MIDDLE%20EAST&k=linux
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Management 'scared' by open source
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| And the suits are resorting to play-it-safe legal advice and
| draconian management techniques in a vain attempt to stop open
| source crossing their frontier. Tactics include blocking popular
| sites like SourceForge and banning use of USB drives.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/03/09/open_source_licensing/
Too late to discredit open source, advocates say
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| "It's too late," exclaimed Winston Damarillo, founder and
| chairman of software development firm Exist Global, in an
| interview with Computerworld Philippines. "Open source
| is all over the place."
|
| [...]
|
| Anson Uy, president of Touch Solutions (a Red Hat Linux company),
| earlier on broke the news to Computerworld Philippines about the
| alleged "funded missions" by some software firms to discredit open
| source, although he did not identify any company.
|
| Anson revealed among the top three actions against FOSS are being
| done through "sponsored studies, piracy of open source developers,
| and bold press releases."
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/030607-too-late-to-discredit-open.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
http://tinyurl.com/2bj969
Linux, we have a PR problem
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| So what is the state of play with open source? It was revealed only last week
| that 15 percent of industry giant Google's active code base is the open
| source language Python. And according to a recent report, the US Army is
| working towards moving all of its networks over to Linux. And way back in
| 1999, IT security expert Bruce Schneier said "In the cryptography world, we
| consider open source necessary for good security; we have for decades."
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| The penetration of open source depends on which segment of the industry you
| talk to. In the server arena, open source is a leading or major player. Most
| web servers across the world run on Apache web servers, and it's estimated
| that in the server market, over a quarter of installations are running a
| flavour of Linux. The majority of the world's largest data centres are Linux
| shops, and they'll spend billions on servers this year.
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http://www.itnews.com.au/Feature/4203,linux-we-have-a-pr-problem.aspx
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