Comments on: Open Source ? I do not like this term any more. http://www.peterzaitsev.com/2009/02/17/open-source-i-do-not-like-this-term-any-more/ Personal thoughts, business, economics, politics Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.peterzaitsev.com/2009/02/17/open-source-i-do-not-like-this-term-any-more/#comment-49 admin Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:11:30 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=42#comment-49 Kostja, I never said without CEO :) You can probably see yourself the difference between say MySQL and GCC. There should of course be business reasons and money have to come from somewhere. Kostja,

I never said without CEO :) You can probably see yourself the difference between say MySQL and GCC. There should of course be business reasons and money have to come from somewhere.

]]> By: kostja http://www.peterzaitsev.com/2009/02/17/open-source-i-do-not-like-this-term-any-more/#comment-47 kostja Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:34:29 +0000 http://peterzaitsev.com/?p=42#comment-47 You know, Peter, it's nice to boast about how true open source company product must look like being in a services business. There is no such thing as you describe - a nice slow-growing open source project without a CEO. It's either a student toy or something large enough to get corporate sponsorships (like X.org, linux kernel, gcc, etc). And if you look carefully enough you'll find a business reason that wags the dog in 90% of these projects. What is right to speak about is whether a project is ethical or not. And some open source companies can behave worse than closed source ones. Sigh, such is life. In any case, if you decide to open a true open source development camp, please let me know, I'd love to join. You know, Peter, it’s nice to boast about how true open source company product must look like being in a services business.

There is no such thing as you describe – a nice slow-growing open source project without a CEO. It’s either a student toy or something large enough to get corporate sponsorships (like X.org, linux kernel, gcc, etc). And if you look carefully enough you’ll find a business reason that wags the dog in 90% of these projects.
What is right to speak about is whether a project is ethical or not. And some open source companies can behave worse than closed source ones.

Sigh, such is life.

In any case, if you decide to open a true open source development camp, please let me know, I’d love to join.

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