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About this siteFor six years, the Internet Nexus served as my technology blog, but I've since started blogging at the SuperSite Blog instead. If you're looking for the blog, please head there. --Paul Sunday, June 03, 2007The Ignorance of CrowdsNicholas G. Carr tackles an issue related to my contention that there just isn't a lot of innovation occuring in the Linux space. Here's why:The open source model has proven to be an extraordinarily powerful way to refine programs that already exist — Linux, for instance, is an elaboration of the venerable Unix operating system, and the open source Firefox browser builds on Netscape’s old Navigator — but it has proven less successful at creating exciting new programs from scratch. That fact has led some to conclude that peer production [the so-called "bazaar" model as described in the "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." --Paul] is best viewed as a means for refining the old rather than inventing the new; that it’s an optimization model more than an invention model.Good stuff, and a very interesting read. The important points about the lack of innovation in open source are towards the end: Please do check it out. Thanks Ian! Labels: Linux [ Posted at 1:14 PM | Permalink ]
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