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Fri May 9 02:17:39 PDT 2014
Rumours of open-source software's demise are exaggerated
WHEN the hordes of volunteer programmers who make up the open-
source movement met this week for their annual convention in San
Diego, one constituency was conspicuously absent: entrepreneurs.
Many start-ups that tried to make money from open-source software
have already gone bust, and many of those that have survived are in a
sorry state.
This is not all that is worrying open-source advocates. Microsoft is
leading an increasingly nasty campaign against programs such as
Linux, the free operating system, and has even been putting it about
that such programs make it easier for terrorists to hack into computers.
Worse, Linus Torvalds, the inventor of Linux, appears to have reached
his limits as a manager. There is growing frustration among hackers
that he is ignoring their contributions. Is open source doomed?
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