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Tiemann: Open Source IncentivesTiemann: Open Source IncentivesPosted Jul 3, 2009 19:49 UTC (Fri) by fdr (subscriber, #57064)Parent article: Tiemann: Open Source Incentives
In at least some point in the history of this post:
"He also describes an effort by the Malaysian government to reward use of free software, rather than the development of it, because that can lead to multiple, competing solutions that don't necessarily solve the users' problems. In addition, he also noted a barrier to free software adoption"
Read this twice, especially this part: "...because that can lead to multiple, competing solutions that don't necessarily solve the users' problems."
Anyway, I get the intended meaning (I think, given that this is generally a pro-Free Software type of place), but it could as easily go the other way should it have been a Microsoft Press Release :)
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Tiemann: Open Source Incentives Posted Jul 4, 2009 7:25 UTC (Sat) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link]
Now read the article and find where this is actually written. Hint: look for the word "competing").
The Malaysian government's behavior there is mentioned as a good example. The "competing solutions" are about some pointless development done by the Bush administration.
Tiemann: Open Source Incentives Posted Jul 4, 2009 7:46 UTC (Sat) by fdr (subscriber, #57064) [Link]
Ah, okay. The position is more nuanced than I first thought, I thought it was some sort of garble because the sound-(text?)bite version didn't seem to flow together very well.
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