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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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