Archive for February, 2006

The Tyranny of Language, Part II

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In the last article, we discussed the idea that people preferred to read things that were easy to read, and also gained a sense that confusing writing often resulted from: a) the desire to hide information, and b) a natural tendancy for writers to associate the confusing with the intelligent.

More on the economics of open source

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 Liu’s article makes alot of sense to me concerning the economics of open source software, by which he means FOSS (Free Open Source Software). The ideas he presents are the foundations of the philosophies of the GPL/FOSS community. A strong argument for open source is that my contribution helps me, and it costs me nothing to share my contribution [...]

The Economics of Open Source

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Prerequisites: An understanding of the fundamentals of economics Update: Gas is correct to say I’m referring to Free Open Source Software (FOSS), and not open source in its entirety. Open source software has a unique set of economic rules to follow. Interestingly, it appears to go against the basic idea that people create software for [...]