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What Happened to the Vision in Open Source?

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday March 23 2014, @03:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Bizarre-Cathedrals dept.

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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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday March 24 2014, @02:19AM

    by c0lo (156) on Monday March 24 2014, @02:19AM (#20110)
    Do you often assess the success by the money rewards? Perchance, you always do so?
    If positive to the above, don't you ever wonder if there's nothing better as a measure of life fulfillment?
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 24 2014, @09:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 24 2014, @09:07PM (#20664)

    > Do you often assess the success by the money rewards?

    No, and I did not here, either. Nice attempt at a dodge, though.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday March 24 2014, @11:58PM

      by c0lo (156) on Monday March 24 2014, @11:58PM (#20764)

      No, and I did not here, either.

      Good to hear.

      Nice attempt at a dodge, though.

      I didn't dodge (at least, wasn't not my intention).
      Just wanted to suggest (coming from the "personal angle") that: while money can be a powerful motivation, it is not the only one - and sometimes not even the most powerful.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25 2014, @01:25PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25 2014, @01:25PM (#21076)
        Not sure what that has to do with the comment I did make.