[News] Why Free Software is More Valuable to Users
Roy Schestowitz
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The open-source imperative for system integrators
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| But for a system integrator like Potts' employer, Optaros, code is critical.
| Potts is particularly well-suited to call this out, given that prior to
| Optaros he was a vice president at Hitachi Consulting where he did Documentum
| and other proprietary software deployments.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10305377-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
The Power of Open Source Development
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| There are two reasons why Linux and other open source software have
| demonstrated such explosive growth. One is the growth of the Internet, which
| is the largest collaborative platform in the history of mankind, connecting
| 1.4 billion people across the world. The other is the open, participative,
| distributed development model of open source where users are actually
| encourage to contribute to the development of the software. This is in sharp
| contrast to proprietary software that allows very limited rights to users.
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http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/08/power-of-open-source-development.html
Related:
The 10 Most Disruptive Technology Combinations
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| 8. Open Source + Web Tools
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| Wherever open source goes, massive innovation and spectacular growth soon
| follow. Think of the open architecture of the IBM PC and the open protocols
| of the Internet. Even Microsoft appears to have succumbed to the irresistible
| lure of open source (or so the company would like people to think).
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/031908-the-10-most-disruptive-technology.html?fsrc=rss-linux-applications
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