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Wed, 08 Oct 2003
JBoss and "Professional Open Source"
In case you were unclear on the JBoss group's strategy, you can
read this. I think that what JBoss is doing is another interesting experiment in the space of funding open source development. It's going to be interesting to see how they mix the consulting/support model in to the product. People already complain that the documentation is so bad that you have to have consulting/training. Will there be more of this? It'll be interesting to watch.
My only complaint is the use of the term "professional open source". The open source community definitely doesn't need JBoss's stamp of approval to make it "professional". I think that the Linux, Samba, and Apache HTTPd teams would find this idea particularly ridiculous.
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Since professional, by definition, means that you're getting paid for doing it, "professional open source" is rather contradictory. Perhaps a new word is needed.
Of course, to get to your point, perhaps JBoss thinks their "stamp of approval" means something to someone. :> I suspect they would be wrong in that thought. I certainly don't know anyone who would think so.
Posted by AMusingFool at Thu Dec 4 12:55:30 2003
Of course, to get to your point, perhaps JBoss thinks their "stamp of approval" means something to someone. :> I suspect they would be wrong in that thought. I certainly don't know anyone who would think so.
Posted by AMusingFool at Thu Dec 4 12:55:30 2003
I forget the exact wording used, but JBoss argues that something like 90% of their code is theirs.
Which leads me to believe that "professional open source" is a euphemism for "proprietary but really really kewl."
Posted by Anonymous at Thu Jul 28 11:31:21 2005
Which leads me to believe that "professional open source" is a euphemism for "proprietary but really really kewl."
Posted by Anonymous at Thu Jul 28 11:31:21 2005
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