(Fwd) Re: Open Source and Capitalism

• Forwarded message follows -------

Date sent: Sun, 20 May 2001 11:20:46 -0400

> Seeing the recent interest in discussing the connection (or lack) between
> open source and capitalism, I thought people might enjoy reading an article
> that appeared in a special Linux issue of the peer-reviewed industry
> magazine IEEE Software:
> "Culture Clash and the Road to World Domination".
> http://members.home.net/ecosmos/writings/clash.pdf
>
> This article presents an analysis of the open source community's character,
> incentives, and systemic interactions. What emerges is precisely the
> opposite of the fairly widespread, intuitive understanding: rather than an
> assumed hostility or incompatibility between open source and
> individualism/capitalism, there are in fact deep parallels that flow from a
> common foundation.
> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-05-19-010-20-OS-CY

• End of forwarded message -------

-- 
Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com
-- 
Author: Eric D. Pierce
  INET: PierceED_at_csus.edu

Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051
San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message
to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in
the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L
(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may
also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).