Agree with Lars. There is a possible side effect that MS does die due to tactical errors or the shear force of quality and competitive skill from financially healthy FLOSS vendors.
The authors made a conspicuous mistake to suggest that installed base is an advantage which creates its own network effects. This reflects simply a failure of imagination and reveals the lack of sophisticated understanding of FLOSS and also of software history. Leading platforms tend to one direction: eventually NOT lead. [ One reason I'm interested in this discussion is that we are just getting comfortable speaking in terms of the INEVITABILITY of FLOSS SUCCESS (bourne out by real mkt share data). If we don't visualize success, we cant take the right interim measures and commitments to fulfill it. I want us to be REALLY COMFORTABLE in that suit -- or hair suit, if you will. ] -Sam On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 15:23 -0400, Lars D. Noodén wrote: > I did not say that OSS will never knock MS off. That is not the goal of > OSS, but as others including Linus Torvalds have pointed out it may well > be a side effect. > > I did say that it is incorrect to frame the discussion as MS vs Open > Source. That's very inaccurate. If one must frame the discussion as one > thing versus another, then the correct choice is MS vs all other software, > both open source and closed source. > > You see that in the way MS goes (went) after Novell via false advertising > and by using the BSA to get Novell shops to switch to MS. Though there > are many other examples in that style. > > -Lars > Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Software patents harm all Net-based business, write your MEP: > http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN > > On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Chuck wrote: > > > I don't believe OSS will ever knock MS off either. It will be a viable > > alternative to MS software. It may even be better. But it will never > > replace MS software. There's too many corporate types that believe that > > price and quality of software are directly proportional. > > > > For the rich there will always be MS. For the rest of us there is OSS. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > Lars D. Noodén wrote: > >> The article, and cetainly some replies, makes a mistake that many other > >> similar articles make: MS is not the alpha and omega of closed source so > >> the debate is not MS vs OpenSource, but MS vs both Closed and Open > >> Source. We get reminded of that every time MS gets caught using illegal > >> methods against competitors. > >> > >> -Lars > >> Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >> Software patents harm all Net-based business, write your MEP: > >> http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN > >> > >> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Chuck wrote: > >> > >>> Anthony Long wrote: > >>> > >>>> I'm curious to know what people think about this article? > >>>> > >>>> http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4834&t=technology > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> > >>>> Anthony > >>> > >>> > >>> There are four things in life that are guaranteed... > >>> > >>> 1) You will be born > >>> 2) You will die > >>> 3) You will pay taxes > >>> 4) OSS will _NEVER_ replace commercial software > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
