Comments on: Open Source != Open Distribution http://almaer.com/blog/open-source-open-distribution blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ron http://almaer.com/blog/open-source-open-distribution/comment-page-1#comment-46026 Ron Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:04:09 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2494#comment-46026 Well, the good news is we have a open book guide for Solr1.4 available.Free reference guide for all open source and Solr lovers is readily available for download from Lucid Imagination. All thanks to them to give us this great book. You can also Download it now http://www.lucidimagination.com/Downloads/Lucid... Well, the good news is we have a open book guide for Solr1.4 available.Free reference guide for all open source and Solr lovers is readily available for download from Lucid Imagination. All thanks to them to give us this great book. You can also Download it now
http://www.lucidimagination.com/Downloads/Lucid…

]]> By: John Dowdell http://almaer.com/blog/open-source-open-distribution/comment-page-1#comment-41561 John Dowdell Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:05:23 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2494#comment-41561 Yes, for clientside software, you have to figure out how the logic interpreters will be adopted on all those client machines, true. (Files are easy; engines hard.) For Flex, can you be more specific about what you'd like to see, and what difference you anticipate as a result? Here's a common starting-point: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Governance jd/adobe Yes, for clientside software, you have to figure out how the logic interpreters will be adopted on all those client machines, true. (Files are easy; engines hard.)

For Flex, can you be more specific about what you’d like to see, and what difference you anticipate as a result? Here’s a common starting-point:
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Governance

jd/adobe

]]> By: dion http://almaer.com/blog/open-source-open-distribution/comment-page-1#comment-41550 dion Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:26:37 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2494#comment-41550 Alex, Thanks for the note. Totally agree. Pros and cons. Tensions. Good to have a way to weigh them up. Cheers, Dion Alex,

Thanks for the note. Totally agree. Pros and cons. Tensions. Good to have a way to weigh them up.

Cheers,

Dion

]]> By: Dyla....er...Alex Russell http://almaer.com/blog/open-source-open-distribution/comment-page-1#comment-41549 Dyla....er...Alex Russell Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:28:07 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/?p=2494#comment-41549 There is another essential pressure in all of this which is the human need for firm-ish definitions. When I tell you that something is "Windows", that means a lot more than saying that something is "Linux". Better? Probably not. Coherent? You bet! That coherence allows people to stop thinking about that level...you can sort of assume something about it which is always true. That allows developers to work on things that are valuable higher up the stack. For everyone whose business and/or interests are up the stack, that's awesome. When your time/money is spent down in the "settled" areas of the platform, it's infuriating. THAT is where OSS really can help you out in some situations. It's the "get out of jail free" card for developers on any platform. Insofar as distribution means exclusivity (I'm using a Mac which means I'm not using either Windows or Linux), distribution == market share. When that's not true (think IM clients; I can have many open) and choices aren't totally exclusive, distribution means something different. Gears is in the first model while YBP is in the second: if you know the version of Gears, you can know everything about it. YBP allows you to change the definition. Neither are "right", I think, but both have a place. In this view, OSS has a place, but I think you're right to focus on distribution (along with the other effects of rivalry and exclusivitiy) and perhaps being more important. Regards There is another essential pressure in all of this which is the human need for firm-ish definitions. When I tell you that something is “Windows”, that means a lot more than saying that something is “Linux”. Better? Probably not. Coherent? You bet! That coherence allows people to stop thinking about that level…you can sort of assume something about it which is always true. That allows developers to work on things that are valuable higher up the stack. For everyone whose business and/or interests are up the stack, that’s awesome. When your time/money is spent down in the “settled” areas of the platform, it’s infuriating. THAT is where OSS really can help you out in some situations. It’s the “get out of jail free” card for developers on any platform.

Insofar as distribution means exclusivity (I’m using a Mac which means I’m not using either Windows or Linux), distribution == market share. When that’s not true (think IM clients; I can have many open) and choices aren’t totally exclusive, distribution means something different. Gears is in the first model while YBP is in the second: if you know the version of Gears, you can know everything about it. YBP allows you to change the definition.

Neither are “right”, I think, but both have a place. In this view, OSS has a place, but I think you’re right to focus on distribution (along with the other effects of rivalry and exclusivitiy) and perhaps being more important.

Regards

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