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An anonymous coward writes:
"An interesting article about the shift in open source from idealistic to pragmatic. The author compares the relative obscurity of FOSS software such as MediaGoblin and KDE's MakePlayLive co-op to commercial software. The article then goes on to discuss the split between FOSS's goal to provide freedom to users and to provide high-quality software. Also mentioned is the split between commercial and non-commercial FOSS."
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What Happened to the Vision in Open Source?
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(Score: 2, Informative) by c0lo on Sunday March 23 2014, @06:33PM
(so full of shit)
Hibernate [wikipedia.org] - born from the itches a "commercial product" was creating, finished by reshaping an industry proposed standard (EJB).
Inversion of control [wikipedia.org] - base on the shortcomings of the software architectural practices of the time, first formalized [martinfowler.com] by Martin Fowlers, most of the IoC containers during the history and nowadays [codehaus.org] are Open Source (I personally have troubles in finding one that is strictly commercial).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 23 2014, @06:42PM
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday March 23 2014, @10:42PM
Speak for yourself... indeed, highly dependent on the individual needs... But be aware that the lack of something is in no relation with the usefulness and social impact of whatever else does exists.
I found myself completely satisfied with Open/Libre office (and I don't care if previously there was MSOffice, WordPerfect or ClarisWorks) and I'm in no need for video editing software
However, I can't imagine my life as "complete" as it is right now without the "slashcode" being open source, able to be forked and used as an escape route from under the overlords of a certain green feta site.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 23 2014, @11:04PM
still don't have a good office suite
I guess "good"is relative.
I wish I had a buck for every time M$Office failed to open a MICROS~1-format document and the solution was to use OpenOfffice/LibreOffice to open that item and re-save it.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 23 2014, @10:49PM
Somebody remind me, what does the non-FOSS world have that is comparable to the Mint Software Center [netupd8.com] (or any package manager)?
They've had decades. Surely they have a competitive app.
Warning: If somebody mentions something that only updates the OS and not the apps, he is going to get a Bzzzzzzt.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 23 2014, @10:56PM
Somebody remind me: What does the non-FOSS world have that is comparable to the Mint Software Center [netupd8.com] (or any package manager)?
They've had decades. Surely they have a competitive app.
Warning: If somebody mentions something that only does OS updates and won't find/download/install/update/uninstall[1] the apps, he is going to get a Bzzzzzzt.
[1] Did Windoze uninstallers ever get to the point that they don't leave turds everywhere?
-- gewg_