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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello Bope,<br>
Before answering, I will try to look at the motivation behind
"open source". Open source is ideal when:<br>
- we need to share the risks on a project<br>
- we need to share the cost of a project<br>
- we need to accelerate feedback from customers and stakeholders<br>
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These three motivations are implicitely based on the need of a
community sustaining the open source project. And if we think
community, we think collaboration, interaction. In the area of
software, every successful open source project I know is
successful because of a strong community behind it.<br>
So if we talk about community, we need a media by which that
community will collaborate: Internet. Internet allows us to build
a world wide community. Internet allow that community to work
together.<br>
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An excellent illustration of this is Linux operating system. Eric
S Raymonds' "cathedral and the bazaar" article is a good reading
on this.<br>
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Regards<br>
<br>
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Le 08/10/2012 08:28, Bope Domilongo Christian a écrit :<br>
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cite="mid:CAN7nxtPkMTDVDAm5geDyMjm=E+Fnr525Pxtkx16uHKSY-gCc9w@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Dear All ,
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<div>Would you please provide to me your point of view on this :</div>
<div>"Open Source is possible because of the the Internet and is
simply the way of the future".</div>
<div>"Proprietorial Software is a thing of the Past"</div>
<div>if you can provide with some example. <br clear="all">
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-- <br>
Best Regards<br>
Christian Bope Domilongo<br>
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