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DATE | 2009-07-28 |
FROM | Joshua Zeidner
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Eric Raymond's tips for effective open source
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From lestw-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Tue Jul 28 15:33:50 2009 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n6SJXmdF026990 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:33:50 -0400 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id n6SJXmMa026989 for hangout-outgoings; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:33:48 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to lestw-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from mail-qy0-f176.google.com (mail-qy0-f176.google.com [209.85.221.176]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id n6SJXjS0026984 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:33:47 -0400 Received: by qyk6 with SMTP id 6so457026qyk.11 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:33:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=2y4gnWJj7TCGq0kQhDcWy7d4hOCmpVQb65Cr7Udl9Iw=; b=hX7Dh4IOndkRjtCp5uXMUhIvMaeOPP16SBS66gMTuCYunKer1puN3z40L9B/zT65TY Kjxf/BUA6CFO0p/5sUDgO3uXYeu7g/shAnd8Ix4Y60+CqwDe6ENZtNgHiKA9fofFsv2N 28TCaVmZB2XucT/9KCcVSpeb8jMvrqFrS5VGg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=B+dyNXnMsSFkac1v52reO2KOrJ8J1vERAqeamP34S/RWEzfKz4a0ZxXmet6IDVwrM0 4vOqf7cKaZR/R3xjbtWOXJ6CdsGwBBwQz8md03Gh93jcFwpXdWE/KbqO5xuYmOvXrmf3 tRYOnqG3314pm6br0wQZtWrXVYOphoZg4+HCY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.45.84 with SMTP id d20mr5196516vcf.90.1248809622615; Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:33:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A6E885A.5080001-at-vnetworx.net> References: <9e8718c60907271822k6efbd86bh3f40acb6b5511c2f-at-mail.gmail.com> <4A6E885A.5080001-at-vnetworx.net> Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:33:42 -0700 Message-ID: <9e8718c60907281233r5eb1428exa3a99f7c079a5884-at-mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Eric Raymond's tips for effective open source advocacy From: Joshua Zeidner To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by www2.mrbrklyn.com id n6SJXjS0026984 Sender: lestw-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:10 PM, Ron Guerin wrote: > Joshua Zeidner wrote: >> anyone hear this latest anti-OSS management mantra? >> >> "Open Source: free as in kittens." >> >> > No, but that's rather disingenuous. Nobody has unwanted Open Source > show up on their doorstep needing to be fixed, fed, and given a full > round of shots, which is clearly the metaphor they're reaching for there.
Hi Ron,
Yes its typically used to address the fact that Open Source can sometimes be more expensive to maintain than its proprietary counterpart. -jmz
> > - Ron >
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