Understanding the real impact of open source

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[Many people have debated the merits of open source as it pertains to a
single desktop in particular as to whether Linux will replace Windows.  But
as this article eloquently explains the value of open source is " as
software above the level of a single device.
The boundaries between cell phones, wirelessly connected laptops, and even
consumer devices like the iPod or TiVO, are all blurring. Each now gets a
large part of its value from software that resides elsewhere as a service."
 Web services, grids, service oriented architectures are all part of this
paradigm shift of the impact of open source.  From Dave Farber's Iper list
-- BSA

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From: Tim O'Reilly <[email protected]>
Date: June 26, 2004 12:57:30 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <[email protected]>
Subject: The open source paradigm shift

Dave, this may be of interest to your readers.

I finally got around to writing up the talk I've been giving for the  
past year or so, at locations as divergent as Red Hat and Microsoft,  
about the way that the commoditization of software is driving value up  
the stack to web apps, and how these apps leverage network effects (and  
in particular what I've been calling "the architecture of  
participation") as their key tool in gaining competitive advantage.   I  
also talk about how the "Intel Inside" positioning is being  
rediscovered in various software niches, and how commodity software  
means that assembly of custom Linux distributions (rather than added  
value) may be a key competency.

http://tim.oreilly.com/opensource/paradigmshift_0504.html


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