I have read the article by Peter Levine, and when I saw this article I was hoping for a discussion on a very interesting subject: the open source business model.
I was rather disappointed to see that the writer did not publish this article to share with the interested layman, or even with people who are not native English speakers.
I tried to read it at least three times, and I usually quit when I see sentences like:
<cite>The first is understanding where to find the sweet spot where the benefits of shared innovation and labor (but absence of proprietary ownership in the result) are perfectly balanced by the resulting opportunities to make a profit based upon value added features and services (often proprietary) that can be built on top of the collaboratively produced layer.</cite>.
I think of myself of being educated, but I got very frustrated, and even felt a bit stupid, for not understanding what the writer was trying to say to me.
It's a shame really, because I really like to know what experts think of the subject. Hopefully the writer will ask an interested layman to proofread his article next time before publishing.
This article has been published in the business section, but I personally do not recognize that the article was written within the context of an organization. Logically, the comments are based on personal experience, rather than experiences of organizations that implemented Linux withing the organization. During my working experience as a business consultant for enterprises, a choice for a system is based on the stated business goals, then the technical aspects of the system to fit within an existing infrastructure, support, services, and continuity of the supplier. The choice of a desktop environment bears little relevance withing the context of an organization.
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I have read the article by Peter Levine, and when I saw this article I was hoping for a discussion on a very interesting subject: the open source business model.
I was rather disappointed to see that the writer did not publish this article to share with the interested layman, or even with people who are not native English speakers.
I tried to read it at least three times, and I usually quit when I see sentences like:
<cite>The first is understanding where to find the sweet spot where the benefits of shared innovation and labor (but absence of proprietary ownership in the result) are perfectly balanced by the resulting opportunities to make a profit based upon value added features and services (often proprietary) that can be built on top of the collaboratively produced layer.</cite>.
I think of myself of being educated, but I got very frustrated, and even felt a bit stupid, for not understanding what the writer was trying to say to me.
It's a shame really, because I really like to know what experts think of the subject. Hopefully the writer will ask an interested layman to proofread his article next time before publishing.
This article has been published in the business section, but I personally do not recognize that the article was written within the context of an organization. Logically, the comments are based on personal experience, rather than experiences of organizations that implemented Linux withing the organization. During my working experience as a business consultant for enterprises, a choice for a system is based on the stated business goals, then the technical aspects of the system to fit within an existing infrastructure, support, services, and continuity of the supplier. The choice of a desktop environment bears little relevance withing the context of an organization.