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Started by TLF · 11 months ago

6 comments

MikeT
3 years ago

I have similar issues with his position. DeLong seems to be one of those guys who thinks that if money is not involved, that something is wrong. His problems is one of ideology. He's convinced that greed should be the primary motivation in production.

Torvalds would probably like to have DeLong's money, but it wouldn't do much in terms of providing solid code for the kernel. If you think of it from a program manager, not an IP attorney's perspective, it makes sense. Throwing money at the problem won't solve it from a technical POV.

Lewis Baumstark
3 years ago

While the insight above seems a reasonable guess as to what Mr. DeLong is thinking, I'd really like to hear him say for himself what his point is supposed to be. I left his post befuddled because it seemed he said lots of things and nothing at all.

Is his post honestly supposed to be a criticism of open-source software? Or is there something else going on?

olivier chaussavoine
3 years ago

The following is not honestly directly related to this article, but an occasion for a developper to inform you about a software I created that is directly related to your field of concern. It's a new concept about barter where people make bids and where best compromise between them are automatically found. It allows economic exchanges without the need of money and could really help countries where economy is paralyzed by the lack of financial ressources. The tool proves if is possible to build such a search engine, and works fine, but you will see it cannot be used practically yet. I have ideas on the next step that would make it economically usable. You can visit http://www.openbarter.net or email me on olivier.chaussavoine@laposte.net if you want to know more on the subject.

Commons Music
3 years ago

"I left his post befuddled because it seemed he said lots of things and nothing at all."

Welcome to my world.

olivier chaussavoine
2 years ago

There are more information on http://www.openbarter.net now in english... But If you consider my message has no meaning, why do'nt you erase it????