[ale] Motivations of Open Source

Barry Hawkins barry at alltc.com
Wed Sep 29 23:45:14 EDT 2004


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On Sep 29, 2004, at 11:18 PM, Parker McGee wrote:

> Here's my first of two essays that I wrote on the motivations behind
> open source.  I recently (a week or two ago) sent out a survey asking
> what people's motivations behind using and developing open source was.
>  Thanks to the five people on this list that responded!  This was
> supposed to be an informative essay and the next essay I write is
> going to be a persuasive.  Sorry if I didn't use any your quotes in
> this essay; I will be able to use a lot more of the interviews in the
> next essay just due to the nature of the essay and responses.
> Thanks again!!
>
>
[...]
>
> Works Cited
> Merritt, Rick. "Digital audio startup finds edge in open-source code."
> Electronic Engineering Times 9 August 2004: 12.
> Rountree, Barry. E-mail Interview. 15 September 2004.
> Schafer, Jorgen. E-mail Interview. 15 September 2004.
>
> -- 
> Parker McGee
>
I am new to the list, so I don't know if it's been mentioned, but the 
movie Revolution OS is a pretty good resource if you want to hear some 
of the Linux/Open Source leaders talk about motivations and paradigms 
of the Open Source and Free Software movements.

Regards,

Barry C. Hawkins
All Things Computed
site: www.alltc.com
weblog: www.yepthatsme.com


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