Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon May 13 02:48:09 CDT 2013
As much as I find the statement below a little too "optimistic" and idealistic; the markets have bourne out much of these assertions, some ten (15?) years later. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:04 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The latest Debian On 2013-05-12 7:14 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > An very interesting summary on the OSS versus Close source society: > > " ...in the end the open-source culture will triumph not because cooperation > is morally right or software "hoarding" is morally wrong, but simply because > the closed-source world cannot win an evolutionary arms race with > open-source communities that can put orders of magnitude more skilled time > into a problem. " > > Any thoughts on the above observation?...true, false, simplistic? I'm not sure. It's a bit redolent of those hyperconfident assertions in early internet days that no authoritarian government could successful block or control it for long. PB > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com