Re: Support of open-source software by business

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I initially made the connection between the two.  Long-term investment
> by companies like IBM in supporting open-source allows them to more
> easily outsource down the road, when the knowledge has spread.  There
> is no question that open-source software is a vehicle for spreading
> knowledge rapidly at very low cost, and there is no reason for large
> patrons like IBM not to see this and take advantage of it.
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> Bill

This is very interesting. It is sort of the reverse effect of the
Internet, which had its origins in the military-industrial complex and
evolved into the people's medium. Open Source began, at least partially,
as a kind of people's software platform, and is turning into the
vanguard of the runaway shop phenomenon.

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