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zohar5150 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
X-BOX BILL GATES YAY X-BOX!!!!!!!
dubonbacon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Microsoft bases their whole business on secrets such as the Win32 API and closed file formats. The company will die before opening the code.Linux is an example of software which "distrupts" a market, like they say in the beginning of the talk.Opening the code is for companies which are not in the business of selling their software. For example, IBM wants to sell servers and offer consulting, so they want the software to become a commodity. They like Linux for that reason.
thangdd (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm not good at english so. Please help me where i can find the text of the conversation?
dsjfh09kjmsd3kjh (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
heh, just keep in mind that when they are saying "typically ...", they are referring to their own experience. both guys come from SVN project, which is very heavily developer-oriented. so their userbase is quite unique and UNtypical.as a result, their presentation is based on one rather big assumption. that there's a pool of high-quality developers just sitting and waiting to jump in and start enhancing whatever is getting open-sourced. this is hardly a reality.
mamdk (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
More people should watch this video especially Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh developers! Since most of the viewers of this video are probably already convinced that open source is great.
mcoley91 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
An excellent video and very interesting. |
