Friday, November 05, 2004
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1 Comments:
Analysts and journalists have played a key role in making open source a mainstream technology. They have done that by observing what's available, comparing it to alternatives, and telling clients the benefits and risks of possible decisions. Nothing magic going on here.
Open Source is not new (open source versions of UNIX have been around for a long time).
As always, when something new succeeds, it is because a number of things are available at the same time -- in this case big enough platforms, suitable software antecedents, and software programmers who were interested in trying out a new developoment model. It is the combination of things that made Open Source possible, rather than its mystical nature, that makes it valuable and may provide information on how to continue to support it.
Amy Wohl
www.wohl.com
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