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Originally Posted by Trapper John
The problem is going to be his "open source" philosophy. Sounds nice, but that philosophy violates the simple rule: "That which is everybody's is nobody's!"
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"Open source" tends to point both ways.
In can be an effective way to capture free outsourcing.
Also, who says that someone is really sharing everything they know?
Giving away free information tends to cause others to build systems along more predictable paths.
If you're already a few steps ahead along that path, you're prepositioned to capture future profit.
Meanwhile, much of the groundwork, networking, R&D, and infrastructure is built by others...for free.
Go ahead and take my pawn.
It's free.
