The meme that open source does not innovate
Programs like BitTorrent which break new ground are an exception, not the rule. Ideas like the World Wide Web, which has depended on the free IP model since it started, are rare.
Programs like BitTorrent which break new ground are an exception, not the rule. Ideas like the World Wide Web, which has depended on the free IP model since it started, are rare.
Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann responds to Allchin barb.
It's the speed of getting ideas to market that separates Google from the pack. You can't buy that. You can only build it by empowering innovators.
Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann deconstructs a column by Microsoft's Craig Mundie outlining software giant's shared code philosophy.
Every political era brings with it a new dominant medium, whose values are internalized by the general public and shape the resulting debate. The TV values of the last generation are slowly passing from the scene. These are being replaced by the values of the Internet, and the most important, I feel, is a growing demand for transparency.
The most frustrating aspect of the open source crowd is the assumption that if you're not part of their solution you're part of the problem--that one must choose between Free Software and the Dark Side, as represented by"traditional" software companies such as Microsoft.
It's an indication of how far open source has come that SpringSource, formerly Interface21, chose to announce its new Spring Integration product at a five-star resort in Hollywood, Florida.
The U.S. falls further behind in the global wireless market each day because we're protecting proprietors like AT&T and Verizon rather than the public interest in open source communications.
What is a business without a vibrant ecosystem? Barren and destined for oblivion.
Cooperation isn't the exclusive domain of open source software. Where we need more cooperation, however, is between the open source and proprietary camps.