[Nottingham] GNU/Linux - Guardian | Free as in there's no profit

[Martin]

Folks,

FYI:
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4830989-110837,00.html>

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Free as in there's no profit

Jack Schofield

Happy birthday to GNU. The development of the operating system now known 
as Linux started 20 years ago this week...

[...]

The open source movement currently has no way of developing independent 
software architectures, or even of performing simple usability testing. 
And it shows.

And without a Stallman-style ideological commitment, it is hard to see 
why any bright young programmer with a brilliant idea should decide not 
to become a billionaire and give it all away. Logically, open source 
will result in a software industry that is not just without significant 
profits but without the profit motive. It will be interesting to see if 
it works.
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Really?...


Martin


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