Internet wisdom: open source
September 23, 2008
Folk definitions of “open source is” and “open source is not.”
Internet wisdom: open source
Folk definitions of “open source is” and “open source is not”, compiled by using Google to search for those phrases and recording what I found in the first 100 links.
open source is
… a development methodology
… expanding into new domains
… good for the philippine economy
… the big disruptor
… dead
… the bigger worry for Microsoft
… everywhere
… like having the ability to make mods for an online game
… taking new turns in Africa
… a way of developing software that prevents lock-in for software developers
… a social media
… good for the economy
… a side effect
… a source of tools to help solve problems and a constant source of new things to learn
… changing education
… a journey
… about freedom
… impossible to avoid
… helping companies in their social responsibility initiatives
open source is not
… making enough people richer
… piracy
… going to sue you
… as easy as it looks
… about economics
… just Linux
… your competitor
