Comments on: Open source will never do that...

Open source continues to debunk myths about its theoretical limits, most recently in applicant tracking, energy management, and teaching.

[Aaron Kempf]

open source has major legal issues as a roadblock.. patent issues.

do you personally guarantee that all companies that use open source are protected from patent wars - just because you think that open source is cute?

open source <> free and if you want good free software, **** and go and download sql server 2008 express edition.

until then, go and play with your toys

[yoguimaster]

Your are really a useless troll. I know you from the lockergnome's forums flames.

[tomws]

@ yoguimaster: Still, he's pretty funny because he's so clueless. I don't think even Ballmer would make half of those stupid comments.

[mediocrates--2008]

Seems to me that one of the most important applications of the open source idea - that never gets discussed anymore - is IBMs decision back in 1981 to make its PC architecture available to other manufacturers, thereby insuring the dominance of the PC platform, not to mention the dominance of a certain OS from Redmond.

[mediocrates--2008]

Oh, and then there was the decision to make the Dungeons & Dragons core rule set open source under the D20 system.

[hoplite3]

Open source in-vehicle systems.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/24/bmw-wants-to-help-develop-open-source-in-vehicle-platform/
"BMW wants to help develop a system using an open-source Linux platform it's helping to create along with Google and Wind River Systems. "

Let's hope they get some (pardon the pun) traction with this otherwise I can't image MS SYNC as the key player for vehicle systems (think MP3, DVD/TV playback, WiFi, infotainment systems).

The other key player is Harmon-Becker and they're using some proprietary UI on QNX Neutrino RTOS.

[Pabl00]

The UI technology on QNX Neutrino uses Adobe Flash and OpenGL ES, both of which are well-known and widely used. So I wouldn't write it off as proprietary.

- Paul

[gerrrg]

20 years from now, some pundit will finally come out and equate open source with socialism, and socialism will finally shed its pejorative associations.

[mediocrates--2008]

Not at all. Open source is about personal freedom of choice. Socialism is about everybody sharing equally what Steve... I mean... the leadership thinks is best.

[NeoTheOne34]

You should check out www.broadleafcommerce.org. Open source Java e-commerce framework coming this summer.

"Years ago I proclaimed open source would never be relevant in the application market. Now I work for an open-source applications company."

Have you considered the possibility then that your employer is irrelevant?

It would give you more credibility.

Note that I don't agree with your initial assessment, I'm just suggesting that consistency is admirable.