Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 7th Apr 2008 22:21 UTC
"One of the most significant moments in the history of the modern software industry took place in 1998 when Netscape announced plans to release the source code of its browser under a license that would freely permit modification and redistribution. That pivotal event represents the point at which software freedom extended its reach beyond the enthusiast community and began its ascent into the mainstream. To celebrate the success of the past ten years and reflect on some of the challenges that the open-source software community will face in the future, we spoke to some of the pioneers who were there on day zero when revolution started. We want to share their perspectives on a wide range of issues, including software patents, the emerging challenges and opportunities created by cloud computing, open-source software on the desktop, the importance of interoperability, and the ongoing fight to bring software freedom to the masses."
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What's happening today in computing is no different than what's happened over the last fifty years in computing, beyond the hardware having become cheap enough to make computing ubiquitous.
Proprietary software houses are always changing their business model as the sweet spot changes, but that, too has nothing to do with 'freedom' and everything to do with economics.
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I have no idea who you think is 'we' or why you think it's inevitable that 'we' will win, but proprietary software isn't going away in my life time or yours, and if it does it'll be because of something that has nothing to do with the availability of open source.
It has nothing to do with "freedom" and everything to do with people wanting that which they'd rather pay for than implement themselves, and that's an aspect of human nature that's been with us since people have had the ability to produce more than they needed for their own consumption, probably 6000 years ago.