From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Feb 2 6: 5:24 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79F4437B491 for ; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 06:05:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 14Ogpl-000Fmp-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:05:05 +0000 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f12E55j91662 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:05:05 GMT (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 14:05:05 +0000 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: quote about open source Message-ID: <20010202140505.B91552@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I just read this remark by BEA Systems founder and former Sun VP William Coleman III: `The second problem is, and this is my most controversial remark, open source is the end of innovation and it's the end of innovation because open source can't happen until it's so broadly understood what's going on that the innovation has slowed down to incrementalism.'' This is the first comment of this type I have ever heard. Any thoughts? jonathon -- o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o | "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" - Steven Wright | o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message