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10 Oct 2004 10:38:33 AM |
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OT: Innovation Sails Free |
Innovation Sails Free
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6214135/site/newsweek/
The open-source idea is moving beyond guerrilla software
By Karen Lowry Miller
Newsweek International
Oct. 18 issue - Extreme windsurfers in Hawaii might not seem to have
much in common with the community of geeks who tinker with Linux
software as part of the open-source movement. But in the late 1970s
pioneers of the sport freely swapped ideas on how to redesign their
equipment right on the beach, and sporting-goods makers were quick to
pick up on innovations like foot straps for leaping giant waves
without falling off. Indeed, the basic idea of open-source design has
been practiced for centuries—for example, by farmers who have
crossbred crops, says Eric von Hippel, MIT's head of innovation and
entrepreneurship. In the 19th century, once the patent for the steam
engine expired, other inventors quickly made, and shared, long-awaited
improvements.
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