Comments on: FUD and a reason to be cheerful http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/31/fud-and-a-reason-to-be-cheerful/ It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum. Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:26:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Peterson http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/31/fud-and-a-reason-to-be-cheerful/comment-page-1/#comment-62466 Jim Peterson Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:19:39 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-62466 Fear not the men behind the smoke and mirrors, m'lady, for they are reacting in fear to the approach of the monster known as Open Source! The more companies that spread misinformation about open-source software, the more it reinforces my belief that the open-source model is going to take over software development in general. How to monetize that software is why documents like Steve's get produced. They can't compete with free software and cheaper maintenance fees (in most cases) and will use the power of the pen to stave off the competition. But in effect, it's like blowing a bridge to slow down a tank - you might put them off for a bit, but once the engineering brigade gets there, they will cross. Great article, and keep up the great work! Fear not the men behind the smoke and mirrors, m’lady, for they are reacting in fear to the approach of the monster known as Open Source! The more companies that spread misinformation about open-source software, the more it reinforces my belief that the open-source model is going to take over software development in general. How to monetize that software is why documents like Steve’s get produced. They can’t compete with free software and cheaper maintenance fees (in most cases) and will use the power of the pen to stave off the competition. But in effect, it’s like blowing a bridge to slow down a tank – you might put them off for a bit, but once the engineering brigade gets there, they will cross.

Great article, and keep up the great work!

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