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Every Market That Rises Must Converge

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The advent of open-source software has been hailed as the most significant event in computing since Apple played David to IBM's Goliath. Yet, while open-source code can be found practically everywhere these days, the companies dedicated to bringing it into the mainstream have had a rough time staying afloat. To economists, open-source's growing pains offer fascinating insights into the impact of technological change on the way markets are organized. But to firms now investing billions of dollars in IT infrastructure, there's nothing academic about the issue.

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Comments (3)

number6x ·
I'm not sure if this article is FUD, or just written by someone without a clue.

The author shows very little understanding of Free and Open Source Software and the major licenses that govern it.
phsolide ·
It's a TechCentralStation article. Many believe that TCS is totally for-hire, a big fat shill. http://www.corante.com/bottomline/archives/000663.html

And yes, this article does seem like a pile of FUD. It's sort of the opposite of the FirstMonday articles where they observe that F/OSS has had success, then try to figure out the economics of it: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_1/bonaccorsi/index.... and http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue4_10/bezroukov/index....
number6x ·
Thank you, phsolide.

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