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By: 451 CAOS Theory » 451 CAOS Links - 2007.12.10

451 CAOS Theory » 451 CAOS Links - 2007.12.10 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:32:42 +0000

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By: Organic vs. Non-Organic Open Source, Revisited | Thoughts by Ted

Organic vs. Non-Organic Open Source, Revisited | Thoughts by Ted — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:28:15 +0000

[...] a senior technologist from MySQL, thinks it does, as do folks like me and Amanda McPherson and Mike Dolan; but does it really? Are we just saying that because we want to take a cheap shot at [...]

By: Ted Ts’o Dissects “What Sun was trying to do with OpenSolaris”

Ted Ts’o Dissects “What Sun was trying to do with OpenSolaris” — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:52:08 +0000

[...] Ted on a few issues. Do any of these sound familiar? I think I’ve covered some of this before here, and here, and [...]

By: Commercial, Professional, and Community Open Source: Resolving the Naming Confusion

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:42:50 +0000

[...] Michael Nolan argues that commercial and community open source exist and need to be separated. He compares Open Solaris with Eclipse and views the former as a commercial project and the latter as a community project. I concur with his point about Eclipse not making IBM money but shifting the revenues to ancillary products, as stated above and argued elsewhere in more detail. I disagree, however, that only community open source is viable in the long-run and that it cannot serve commercial purposes. Quite obviously it can. [...]

By: An interesting follow-on commentary to my Linux and OpenSolaris post

An interesting follow-on commentary to my Linux and OpenSolaris post — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:25:10 +0000

[...] you can read Spanish, I encourage you to check it out. While it appears Sergio disagrees with me on economics driving participation (and hey, disagreement is allowed), you can see he then builds off my argument by offering four [...]

By: NotSure

NotSure — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:35:20 +0000

I do not have a stake in either camp, but from the outside, they do seem very similar. Sun controls where the kernel is going and most people have no say in things, especially the end users. Linux is controlled by a powerful hierarchy of people, and only a few people at the top get to decide where the Kernel is going, few people have any say, especially the end users.

Where is the difference? One side makes more money? The other side claims to be more democratic without actually being so?

Linux claims to be free as in freedom, but that is a lie for most users. Linux is free only for programmers. End users have no freedom at all. End users are stuck with every intelligent decision made by programmers, and end users are stuck with every stupid decision made by programmers.

By: Open Source mobile edition

Open Source mobile edition — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:56:54 +0000

[...] own Matt Asay recently took former Sun executive Michael Dolan to task for a piece comparing Eclipse with OpenDS, which Dolan once worked for at [...]

By: OpenDS: Observations from an open-source project maintainer/screwup « The Wayward Word Press

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:51:08 +0000

[...] Mike Dolan’s Comparing “open source” projects? Start by asking why does the project exist [...]

By: md

md — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:29:27 +0000

Christan: want to kick off the debate?

Roberto: I think that would be an interesting approach for a classification label for OSS. I’m imagining something like CC with attributes for the classification… I haven’t thought it out, but there may be something there for easy education.

By: Christian Geisert

Christian Geisert — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:28:31 +0000

It’s about time to establish the term “Open Development”

By: Roberto Galoppini

Roberto Galoppini — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:08:52 +0000

Few years ago I Few classified the FLOSS production model into three organizational categories (Corporate, Voluntary and Hybrid). It looks like if it still makes sense.

Projects falling under the Corporate category – i.e. where all stages of software production are carried on within the organization – have the same organizational attributes of projects conducted under a traditional firm. The Corporate category, missing the opportunity to get involved individuals (partially) self-selected, can easily loose valuable contributions.

By: tecosystems » links for 2007-12-09

tecosystems » links for 2007-12-09 — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:22:59 +0000

[...] Comparing “open source” projects? Start by asking why does the project exist. very interesting piece by mdolan; a bit cynical towards Sun, as usual, and i do think comparisons are possible b/twn projects managed under different governance models, but there’s a lot in here that i agree with. be interesting if he went introspective. (tags: mdolan linux opends opensolaris opensource sun ibm) [...]

By: Sean’s Mental Walkabout » Blog Archive » links for 2007-12-09

Sean’s Mental Walkabout » Blog Archive » links for 2007-12-09 — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:24:51 +0000

[...] Comparing “open source” projects? Start by asking why does the project exist. This post brings up a lot of good points on what “open” means. (tags: blog opensource linux opensolaris) [...]

By: People Over Process » links for 2007-12-08

People Over Process » links for 2007-12-08 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 07:19:06 +0000

[...] Comparing “open source” projects? Start by asking why does the project exist. Control vs. no control when a company does open source. (tags: opensolaris opends scandal sunw opensource) [...]

By: links for 2007-12-08 « Wizard of IdM’s Weblog

links for 2007-12-08 « Wizard of IdM’s Weblog — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:40:46 +0000

[...] Comparing “open source” projects? Start by asking why does the project exist. Good article and points. “The only reason anyone should be surprised by anything Sun does with OpenSolaris, OpenDS, or any of the other Sun open source projects it controls, is because that person has fundamentally created an expectation that access to so (tags: Opensource linux opensolaris differences blog) [...]

By: The Importance of Open Source Project Governance « Ian Skerrett

The Importance of Open Source Project Governance « Ian Skerrett — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:34:09 +0000

[...] Importance of Open Source Project Governance Michael Dolan has written an interesting commentary on the differences between corporate led open source projects and Foundation led open source projects. He uses [...]