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Software as an asset isn't stable over time; it needs to be maintained.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
Assets
Needs
Software
Stable
Asset
Maintained
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Companies have been trying to figure out what it is that makes open source work.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
Open Source
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In true open source development, theres lots of visibility all the way through the development process.
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Way
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I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us.
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Goodness
I've Learned
Innate
Thinking
Inside
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In true open source development, there's lots of visibility all the way through the development process.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
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Open Source
Process
Visibility
Lots
Open
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I knew nothing about sales, marketing or how to run a company. Nor did I have a desire to do any of those things.
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Desire
Marketing
Nor
Sales
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There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.
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Educated
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Services
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One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.
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Nations
Standards
Wealth
Biggest Challenges
Exists
Facing
Gap
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Corporations have been killing the risk-taking and exploration that makes software great. They have tried to rip the soul out of development.
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Corporations
Development
Exploration
Rip
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Tried
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What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread use.
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Implementation
Java
Open Source
Being Used
Gotten
Widely
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And, I think that is actually appropriate because I'm really not the world's best programmer, I think it's a good thing that I'm not touching the code.
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Code
Touching
Best Good World
Good Thing
Programmer
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I won't sit here and say an Open Source project will do things faster than a closed source, but one of the reasons why is that it sits on a whole lot of things that came before it.
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Open Source
Closed
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Reasons
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The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail.
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Flexibility
Giving
Great Things
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Foreign trade is not a replacement for foreign aid, of course, but foreign aid to a country that doesn't also engage in significant amounts of foreign trade is more likely to end up in the pockets of dictators and cronies.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
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Pockets
Significant
Trade
Aid
Dictators
Engage
Likely
Replacement
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So that's my main role right now and really the politics also includes going out and communicating to the world why Apache is a good thing, why companies should be involved in it, and why individuals should be involved in it too.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
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Apache
Companies
Good Thing
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Main
Role
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Success for open source is when the term 'open source' becomes a non-factor in the decision making process, when people hear about Linux and compare it to Windows NT, and they compare it on the feature set and don't have much of an excuse not to use it.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
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Decision
Excuse
Linux
Open Source
Term
Success Process People
Feature
Windows
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Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it's a good thing for society.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
Opportunity
Good Things
Recognition
Trying
Apache
Explain
Good Thing
Mostly
Personally
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No one wants one language. There are applications when it's appropriate to write something in C rather than in Java. If you want to write something where performance is much more important than extensibility, then you might want to choose C rather than Java.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
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Java
Applications
Choose
Performance
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Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nations economy and not an exploitative one.
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Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nation's economy and not an exploitative one.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
Positive
Arguing
Economy
Engineers
Force
Outsourcing
Protectionism
Standards
Trade
Trade Agreements
World Will Living
Rules
Rise
Agreements
Nation
Developed
Developed World
Ensure
Establish
Exploitative
Seek
Result
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I'm not of the opinion that all software will be open source software. There is certain software that fits a niche that is only useful to a particular company or person: for example, the software immediately behind a web site's user interface. But the vast majority of software is actually pretty generic.
Brian Behlendorf / Computer Programmer
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Majority
Niche
Open Source
Site
Software
Vast
Fits
For Example
Immediately
Interface
User
Vast Majority
Web
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