tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176046313989043285.post4532412049040839675..comments2017-10-07T20:42:44.576-05:00Comments on On Being Open: Winning by Not Competing at allSteve Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05449096706380607113noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176046313989043285.post-47137972808025337032007-12-30T06:26:00.000-06:002007-12-30T06:26:00.000-06:00a good read.Always in the back of my mind I have f...a good read.<BR/><BR/>Always in the back of my mind I have felt the way of Linux/OSS represents some of the greatest social and philosophical beliefs.Only thing is,it is not expressed in those terms.<BR/><BR/>To give an example,socialism at it's core is,'give what you can and take what is available'-a comunity free of ownership.Linux/OSS is a living testimony of this,but not enforced by a cruel communist authority.<BR/><BR/>Parameshwara BhatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10044678459277825992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176046313989043285.post-78320159418741316512007-12-28T21:21:00.000-06:002007-12-28T21:21:00.000-06:00Thanks: Fixed the typo!Re: MS always existing: Yes...Thanks: Fixed the typo!<BR/><BR/>Re: MS always existing: Yes, I am not predicting their demise, now or in the foreseeable future. I am not even really concerned about whether or not they do. MS is not a factor in my personal life.<BR/><BR/>What may be more interesting in that regard is that I used to be an MS user and proponent. A number of my family got MS Windows systems because they knew I would support it. Now... not so much. I just fixed a couple this weekend for my wife's parents, so it is hardly an absolute rule that I wil not work on MS Windows anymore. It is just not my preference, or even in the top two or three OS's I would choose anymore.<BR/><BR/>Re: the no-offense fight: Interesting. I did not really have that in mind when I wrote it, but that is appropriate as a way to look at it. I used a fighting analogy, but in another way of looking at it, it is not a fight at all. I kind of had a mental image of Gandhi though.<BR/><BR/>Linux is just better because it has no agenda other than being the best OS it knows how to be. With no agenda, it is not playing by the rules of the competitive marketplace. Sure, it is used in the selfsame marketplace, and as a way to compete against MS, but that is done by individuals or companies with an agenda, and who are using Linux / Open Source to meet their ends.<BR/><BR/>Because of the way open source works, that competitive energy and contribution is funneled back into the greater whole if it is worth anything. It is left out if it is not, or perhaps duplicates something already there.<BR/><BR/>Beating anyone at anything is not the global goal of Linux / Open Source. And that is why they/it will ultimately win.Steve Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449096706380607113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176046313989043285.post-56441052835809817472007-12-28T21:03:00.000-06:002007-12-28T21:03:00.000-06:00Hi there!Your story remind me one of Bruce Lee's m...Hi there!<BR/><BR/>Your story remind me one of Bruce Lee's movies, "Enter The Dragon", if my memory serves me.<BR/><BR/>The exchange went something like this:<BR/><BR/>Trouble-seeker: What's your style?<BR/>Bruce Lee: My style?<BR/>Trouble-seeker: Yeah, your style.<BR/>Bruce Lee: It's called "The Art of Fighting Without Fighting"<BR/><BR/>:):):)<BR/><BR/>Linus himself had said that he has no interest in winning or fighting over Microsoft. That has never been his goal.<BR/><BR/>So Linux will continue to be recognized world wide as a very usable platform for developments of great products and services in the next decade and beyond.<BR/><BR/>Considering the rising cost of both hardware and software requirements to run Microsoft products and the not so *WoW* release of Windows Vista, it's just a matter of time before Linux become the familiar name in a store near you.<BR/><BR/>I predict it will be 5 years from now. Maybe sooner! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176046313989043285.post-8973053843227112232007-12-28T18:05:00.000-06:002007-12-28T18:05:00.000-06:00Typo:I watch few competitive sports. Really, I do ...Typo:<BR/><BR/>I watch few competitive sports. Really, I do not understand why I should care if the green team [or] the blue team put the ball/widget/thingie in a special place more often than the other team did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176046313989043285.post-79845992618610693842007-12-28T14:40:00.000-06:002007-12-28T14:40:00.000-06:00The no-offensive fight is also the core theme of l...The no-offensive fight is also the core theme of lots of east asian compbat sports, beginning with kungfu, obviously.<BR/><BR/>I really like this analyse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6176046313989043285.post-86566557411430963702007-12-28T13:56:00.000-06:002007-12-28T13:56:00.000-06:00So true. I expect that MS will always exist... b...So true. I expect that MS will always exist... but I hope that it becomes irrelevant to me.<BR/><BR/>I prefer to use, recommend and support open source apps whenever possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com