Download: r0ml Lefkowitz's OSBC Boston presentation
r0ml gave an excellent presentation at OSBC Boston on "What's Wrong with Open Source?" I wasn't there to hear it, but heard lots of positive feedback on it. You can see for yourself by downloading the .pdf here. (The OSBC website will have it here soon enough.
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A very interesting and at times amusing presentation, I wish I could have heard the comments that went with it though. Without them its hard to tell if this is serious or not since almost every point is counterbalanced by the opposite point. Admittedly it almost entirely relies on advertising quotes which are by admission tailored to sell. As best I can tell its just a good exposition of the symbiotic nature of products and services.
After all in the proprietary world did you ever buy a product that someone didn't try to sell you a support contract or extended warrantee for? And did you ever see a service that someone wasn't trying to sell a product to eliminate it? (The haircutting examples are priceless).
From all this I conclude the presentation just highlights that OpenSource is nothing magical or extrodiinarily different from other products. The only significant way in which it differs from regular proprietary products is how it is (usually) created and licensed.
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