A reasonable attempt I thought, but I agree about the lack of coherence. I posted a review at http://floss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/06/03/a-review-of-inside-the-anthill-open-source-means-business/
2009/6/2 Harry Rickards <hricka...@l33tmyst.com>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/02/09 13:15, Robert Flatters wrote: >> I listen to the radio 4 broadcast and i got the feeling they were stuck >> as to what to put into the report. i mean one minute it was talking >> about the development of the software then the next it was on about >> ants......i lost it at that point. What they should have done is stick >> to the subject rather go on about animal collective working together. >> >> Apart from that it was ok....:D >> >> Regards >> >> Bob >> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Sean Miller <s...@seanmiller.net >> <mailto:s...@seanmiller.net>> wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Alan Bell >> <alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com >> <mailto:alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com>> wrote: >> > Describing Linux as the first major piece of Open Source software is >> > revisionist and a factual error. It really wouldn't have hurt to talk >> > about Stallman, the FSF, the four freedoms and the GPL. In fact it >> would >> > make a much better story. >> >> Not very keen on the implication in the piece that you quoted that >> Linus effectively worked alone in his bedroom and one day this "new" >> Operating System just appeared by magic. To accurately present the >> origin of Linux one has to go right back to the folks at Berkeley in >> the late 60s and early 70s. >> >> Sean >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Robert Flatters, AMBSC >> > Exactly. While an professor of ants may be the best person on the > subject of ant hills, I'm sure someone who at least knows what FLOSS > stands for would be better able to speak on the subject of the hierarchy > (or lack of) in open source projects. Even someone at Microsoft (shock) > *could* have done a better job. > > - -- > Many thanks > Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A) > > - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C++++ UL++++ P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ > w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D---- G e* h! !r y? > - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkolRNwACgkQ1kZz3mRu0GpG0ACfWEaWyglzyLiPP8NtId+7vjCf > aLgAoMkSSjg8MqmUUUhjH3w9giC/CD6n > =2P3p > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
