From code to commerce.pdf

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3、 2022CIO Instaclustr2022 2024Senior Director NetApp2024 Advisor/Mentor/.Economists and others focused on moneyEconomists and others focused on moneylike my banklike my bankhave had a lot of trouble have had a lot of trouble figuring out the free and open source software(FOSS)phenomenon,and eventuall

4、y figuring out the free and open source software(FOSS)phenomenon,and eventually they seem to have reached the conclusion that it just makes no sense.So,they go they seem to have reached the conclusion that it just makes no sense.So,they go with the flow.with the flow.In retrospect,it seems clear tha

5、t open source was not so much the goal itself as a In retrospect,it seems clear that open source was not so much the goal itself as a means to an end,which is freedom:freedom to fix broken things,freedom from means to an end,which is freedom:freedom to fix broken things,freedom from people who thoug

6、ht they could clutch the source code tightly and wield our ignorance people who thought they could clutch the source code tightly and wield our ignorance of it as a weapon to force us all to pay for and run Windows Vista.of it as a weapon to force us all to pay for and run Windows Vista.But the FOSS