lxer.com — Lately, some articles appeared which stated the open-source way of development didn't bring us any innovation, Jaron Lanier even goes further by saying closed source is the better approach to innovation. However, these people miss a lot of important points and facts about innovation, and therefore the conclusions they make are false.
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drachemorderJan 4, 2008
"Q: Which OS can run from a CD, so that you can make sure everything works out of the box before you commit it to your hard drive?A: I'll give you this, but so can ANY OS if it's configured right. Case in point, Live XP."That actually brings up one of the key benefits of open source. Microsoft is scared to death of people creating variations of Windows that might do stuff like run from a live CD or anything like that, because you just might do something evil like run Windows on two computers when you only bought one copy. Oh, the horror!Of course, I don't think that's an issue of innovation or even open source, as much as it's a problem with Microsoft's overbearing, draconian ideas on licensing and copyright. It would be quite possible to distribute Windows is a manner that's still proprietary but does not attempt to unreasonably restrict how the software is used. It's just that Microsoft doesn't have enough competition to be motivated to do such consumer-friendly things.
jqp123Jan 4, 2008
Why does the defintiion of "competition" always include MS? And when you say "X cannot compete without open source", how did you arrive at that conclusion? Apple, IBM and Sun all preceded the Open Source movement and were quite successful. Just because they choose to take advantage of free labor from Open Source (while it lasts) doesn't mean there is no alternative.
janeunerJan 4, 2008
"Now Vista is ALMOST as pretty as Linux." -- Fixed.
Closed AccountJan 5, 2008
Its truely amazing how many of you have no clue WTF your talking about.Its really ALOT simpler then you realize.Company A,B, and C sponsor some open source project X. A s**t load of people get paid to write code, some help for free. When its done, everyone shares the benefit of project X. Company A, B, and C now sell services built on this software.This is more efficient because instead of wasting the money to develop 3 versions of project X, they can share the costs. Project X is now standardized, so you can build on it without fear that some other company will radically and unilaterally modify it. Lastly, 2 version don't have to be thrown in the trash when a winner emerges.And in the end, technology always requires people involvement, so company A, B and C sell their expertise in project X to people who need it.
Closed AccountJan 5, 2008
Oh, and to clear one thing up. This model works for many general purpose applications. It does not work well for highly specialized applications. Both Open Source and Closed Source models will continue to be used.
flatfishJan 5, 2008
Several points to consider subxero37:It's being done somewhat automatically because the same exact articles appear all over the Internet in other forums within minutes.of posting here. Roy says he doesn't spend too much time here? Is he kidding?It's not humanly possible to create, proofread, format (especially his very odd way of quoting and formatting) that number of artilces and NOT spend a huge amount of time doing it..A proponent of freedom, open source and community contribution should be the last person trying to limit a person's right to freedom of speech. Roy is constantly claiming people are out to get him.If Roy feels his comments are being modded down, maybe he should consider the quality, not the quantity, of his *work* here on digg and elsewhere.
nossieJan 5, 2008
grrrrr fix the sessions digg!! :-|Sadly I'm not a fan of the KDE windows like interface.... I dont know why but I've preferred Gnome for the most part...When I used to use KDE I wasn't really a fan of any of the applications you mention, although talking about games I think frozen bubble is very polished. I'm sure we'll get there eventually and the newer applications are certainly improving....Sadly I dont think there is any ftp application on linux that compares well to the likes of CuteFTP... maybe that is the cost of 'free'?I think I might give KDE4 another go now that its almost complete and give KDE a blank slate again... but it has a habit of reminding me too much of windows :)
rd1010Mar 19, 2009
Buried for retarded logic.. you can't just rely on people writing free code for everything, the incentive of profit is necessary for producing some software packages. I have a small web development company so I pay people to write code for me, I'm not going to just release the code and the process of how its done for everyone to see for my projects.. if I did that than how would I ever be able to make a living doing this? I am sick of this stupid idealogy, open source is great and contributes greatly to projects but this is not a "battle", they both have their own places and it should stay that way forever as far as I am concerned.
rd1010Mar 19, 2009
I am not aware of any open source projects that aren't freely available for use