Openness makes software better sooner
Computer software develops more effectively when its code is freely accessible to all, UK researchers have calculated.
This will come as no surprise to the legions of supporters of open-access software, such as the operating systems and tools the Linux and Apache projects distribute. To them, the superiority of freely available code is an article of faith - as much an ideological position as a technological decision.
Thursday, June 26, 2003
Mozilla and hypocrisy
Right, but what about the experiences that Mozilla chooses to default for users like switching to Yahoo and making that the default upon ...
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I really like what Dave Winer has evolved his blog over time. Its not just written posts any more. There are now tabs for various forms of...
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Its crazy that the stats for this blog show that there were about a 100 visitors today. I haven't posted in a long time. Blogger really...
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via VMware blog