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On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 02:08:18PM +0100, Adrian Midgley wrote: > This week the economist says the argument is won. > Link did not come through: http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13740181&source=hptextfeature (Access is free) Extract: “FIRST they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi probably never said these words, despite claims to the contrary, but they perfectly describe the progress of open-source software over the past 15 years or so. Such software, the underlying recipe for which is created by volunteers and distributed free online, was initially dismissed as the plaything of nerdy hobbyists. Big software firms derided the idea that anyone would put their trust in free software written by mysterious online collectives. Was it really secure? Whom would you call if it went wrong? -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Sat May 30 16:51:33 BST 2009
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