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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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18 Mar 2006 07:59:06 AM |
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OT: Open, but not as usual |
Open, but not as usual
http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5624944
Mar 16th 2006
From The Economist print edition
As "open-source" models move beyond software into other businesses,
their limitations are becoming apparent
EVERY time internet users search on Google, shop at Amazon or trade on
eBay, they rely on open-source software-products that are often built
by volunteers and cost nothing to use. More than two-thirds of websites
are hosted using Apache, an open-source product that trounces
commercial rivals. Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia with around 2.6m
entries in more than 120 languages, gets more visitors each day than
the New York Times's site, yet is created entirely by the public. There
is even an open-source initiative to develop drugs to treat diseases in
poor countries.
The "open-source" process of creating things is quickly becoming a
threat-and an opportunity-to businesses of all kinds. Though the
term at first described a model of software development (where the
underlying programming code is open to inspection, modification and
redistribution), the approach has moved far beyond its origins. From
legal research to biotechnology, open-business practices have emerged
as a mainstream way for collaboration to happen online. New business
models are being built around commercialising open-source wares, by
bundling them in other products or services. Though these might not
contain any software "source code", the "open-source" label can
now apply more broadly to all sorts of endeavour that amalgamate the
contributions of private individuals to create something that, in
effect, becomes freely available to all.
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