Is the world now an open source society?

TalkBack 5 of 5:

« Previous

• Thread View
• Flat View

RE: Is the world now an open source society?

Open Source is information set free. To the very wealthy and to the very powerful, it represents an extremely disruptive force and therefore will always find resistance.

To the rest of us, it is an enabler. It allows us to do things we could never imagine doing before because we could not afford it or it wasn't avaiable.

Because of open source and the internet, in the next 10 years we will start to see the emergence of a "Super Engineer". Most of them will come from places like India, where highly technical information is being published on the web every day and they can get access to it for free (or almost free).

These people will be highly motivated and will simply not stop learning. They will set a much higher standard with regards to what is considered intelligence and knowledge.

I'm not even remotely concerned about open source. I know it will succeed. I much more interested in seeing where it take us.

It's going to be a very interesting ride.

Posted by: nags9   Posted on: 06/30/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

• The True Costs of Virtual Server Solutions VMware In an economic environment that is repeatedly heralding the message "do ... Download Now
• VMware Infrastructure: A Guide to Bottom-Line Benefits VMware Frustrated by the costs of maintain ever larger data centers?or building ... Download Now
• Building the Virtualized Enterprise with VMware Iinfrastructure VMware VMware virtualization software has been adopted by over 120,000 enterprise ... Download Now