Comments on: Recession? Impact on Open Source? http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/recession-impact-on-open-source Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:47:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: hello http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/recession-impact-on-open-source#comment-1115 hello Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:08:43 +0000 http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/recession-impact-on-open-source#comment-1115 hello. I used to be forestman on cheeseworld. I was searching for it and see that it is now dead. Hello & hello to Bayard. I still keep in touch with evilpenguin. that is all though.... :) hello. I used to be forestman on cheeseworld. I was searching for it and see that it is now dead. Hello & hello to Bayard. I still keep in touch with evilpenguin. that is all though….

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]]> By: Dalibor Topic http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/recession-impact-on-open-source#comment-1109 Dalibor Topic Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:34:49 +0000 http://blog.generationjava.com/roller/bayard/entry/recession-impact-on-open-source#comment-1109 I think the recession will be excellent for open source, as it changes the competitive environment in which companies operate to one that favors more efficient modes of production and consolidation. That's a much better environment for open source to operate in over an environment where trivial access to free money makes the choice between open and proprietary development a strategical one, vs. an economical one. Yeah, there will be a great garbage collection cycle hitting projects everywhere, including open source ones, but then, there is a lot of overhead in the corporate open source world, where consolidation will help refocus resources on stuff that works, and that's a good thing, too. I think the recession will be excellent for open source, as it changes the competitive environment in which companies operate to one that favors more efficient modes of production and consolidation. That’s a much better environment for open source to operate in over an environment where trivial access to free money makes the choice between open and proprietary development a strategical one, vs. an economical one.

Yeah, there will be a great garbage collection cycle hitting projects everywhere, including open source ones, but then, there is a lot of overhead in the corporate open source world, where consolidation will help refocus resources on stuff that works, and that’s a good thing, too.

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