[ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

[Karl Beecher]

A reasonable attempt I thought, but I agree about the lack of
coherence. I posted a review at
http://floss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/06/03/a-review-of-inside-the-anthill-open-source-means-business/

2009/6/2 Harry Rickards <hrickards at l33tmyst.com>:
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> On 06/02/09 13:15, Robert Flatters wrote:
>> I listen to the radio 4 broadcast and i got the feeling they were stuck
>> as to what to put into the report. i mean one minute it was talking
>> about the development of the software then the next it was on about
>> ants......i lost it at that point.  What they should have done is stick
>> to the subject  rather go on about animal collective working together.
>>
>> Apart from that it was ok....:D
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Bob
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net
>> <mailto:sean at seanmiller.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Alan Bell
>>     <alan.bell at theopenlearningcentre.com
>>     <mailto:alan.bell at theopenlearningcentre.com>> wrote:
>>     > Describing Linux as the first major piece of Open Source software is
>>     > revisionist and a factual error. It really wouldn't have hurt to talk
>>     > about Stallman, the FSF, the four freedoms and the GPL. In fact it
>>     would
>>     > make a much better story.
>>
>>     Not very keen on the implication in the piece that you quoted that
>>     Linus effectively worked alone in his bedroom and one day this "new"
>>     Operating System just appeared by magic.  To accurately present the
>>     origin of Linux one has to go right back to the folks at Berkeley in
>>     the late 60s and early 70s.
>>
>>     Sean
>>
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>> Robert Flatters, AMBSC
>>
> Exactly. While an professor of ants may be the best person on the
> subject of ant hills, I'm sure someone who at least knows what FLOSS
> stands for would be better able to speak on the subject of the hierarchy
> (or lack of) in open source projects. Even someone at Microsoft (shock)
> *could* have done a better job.
>
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> Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:646ED06A)
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