Great article. Now if we put business outsourcing and open source business together, we'd have a powerful company for obvious reasons.

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Good information. This is all new to me! Love to read and just learn from people who know what they're talking about...

this is a nice article about open source...I understand most of it, but you gotta admit it's a bit nerdy for the average guy! lol.

Good to finally see the debate/opinions from some of the well-known figures in the field. I like the concept of meritocracy. I believe it will make software better.

Just curious...What is a luminary anyway? Sounds like such a fancy term to describe someone in the industry! =)

Just look at how China is starting to develop their own non-Microsoft open source operating system. I think this is the true essense of an open source organization at work...the government recognizing its power and potential and taking the lead by putting finances behind it for the non-monopolization of Windows...now THAT's open!

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Open source means the code can be inspected by everybody and, hopefully, that you can compile that code. I'd put way more trust in such a system rather than in a closed source, binary only, one. Sure, there have been attempt to place backdoor in source code, but it's not anywhere the level of backdoors/spyware/nastyness that are all way too common in binary-only software (do we really need to start the enumeration?).

For this reason alone, even if I can't submit patches, I'd always choose a product whose code is open.

Let's see, if a company creates an open source software, it is definitely considered an open source company. However, the same company would still be considered open source whether if it chooses to help clients "make the switch" to that software, or not. The choice is up to them.

Let's see, if a company creates an open source software, it is definitely considered an open source company. However, the same company would still be considered open source whether if it chooses to help clients "make the switch" to that software, or not. The choice is up to them.

Open Source is not an either/or definition. It's a spectrum and entirely connotative. One could argue what 'open source' means ad infinitum, and then argue ad infinitum if one project conforms or not to the definition. It's kind of like saying "I'm in love" and then arguing with someone whether or not somebody else is based on your subjective definition.

Alan Cox wrote to ESR: Maybe it is time the term "open source" also did the decent thing and died out...