Great quote on Open Source community

[Robert McDonald]

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=1999-05-18-011-05-NW-LF
Notice the date May 1999

and now a dateless article from you know who
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/getthefacts/default.mspx

Robert

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>
> This was just such a great quote...
>
> "...the meanings, aims, visions, and aspirations of the open source
community are difficult to pin down. Unlike the initial quote, which posits
a unitary vision and goal for Linux hackers, closer inspection of the
movement reveals a cacophony of voices and political positions: anarchic
ideals of freedom, "tribal" gift-economy rhetoric, revolution, Star Wars
imagery, web manifestos, evangelization to the corporate sector, the
downfall of the "Evil Empire" (a.k.a. Microsoft), grass roots revolution,
consumer choice and rights, community good, true market competition, DIY (Do
it Yourself) culture, science as a public good, hacker cultural acceptance,
functional superiority, and anti-Communist rhetoric are but a number of the
terms, images, and visions promulgated by and attached to the open source
community."
>
> The Politics of Survival and Prestige:Hacker Identity and the Global
Production of an Operating System - By E. Gabriella Coleman -
http://www.healthhacker.com/biella/masterslongversion.html
>
>
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