I found an interesting post on Groklaw today, called 10 Myths About Open Source Software Answered, by Carlo Daffara. Yup, it’s a contributed article, not something written by PJ, but it’s not the first time she invites somebody to write something interesting.
And interesting it is. Carlo takes 10 very popular negative myths about FLOSS and then proceeds to trounce them, and trounce them good. Among the myths, he talks about:
Myth #1: It’s a Linux-vs-Windows thing.
Myth #3: Big companies don’t use Open Source software.
Myth #4: Open Source software is hostile to intellectual property.
Myth #6: If I give away my software to the Open Source community, thousands of developers will suddenly start working for me for nothing.
There’s, of course, 6 other myths, and there’s intelligent and interesting debunking of each of the ten, including sources for data and all the nice stuff that makes for the kind of fun debate in which negativists end up pissed off and with nothing to say…just the kind of stuff I love :)
So…go read the article, it’s worth your time…besides, it’s still gonna be a few days until I have my next book review ready, so you’ll need something to read and ponder until then :)
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