Maddog - crazy old fox
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| grouch May 17, 2006 2:28 PM EDT |
>' "How many of you have had to change the way you do business because of the software?" Hall asked delegates, nearly all of whom raised their hands. "All of a sudden you have the software telling you the way you should be running your business."' Jon "Maddog" Hall sure knows how to cut to the chase. The clear, concise ways he illustrates the advantages of FOSS over MS is just beautiful. |
| dinotrac May 17, 2006 3:23 PM EDT |
grouch: That, by the way, is the essence of my contention that businesses should actually care about the "free" in free software more than the "open". |
| grouch May 17, 2006 4:27 PM EDT |
dinotrac: Well put. ESR had and has a good point that "open" is less scary and easier to grasp for some CEOs, but it's all the freedom that comes with the code that makes it so valuable to a business. |
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