[lbo-talk] JDK runs on FreeBSD!!

[ravi]

Dwayne Monroe wrote:
> 
> If Microsoft tells the average computer user they're "adding value", 
> many are inclined to believe because they're unaware of the many ways 
> Redmond acts as a gatekeeper and hindrance to development.
> 
> Open source adepts - not all of whom are code gods and goddesses - have 
> the analytical tools needed to dissect these claims.
> 
> This kind of sharp skepticism comes from participation in the productive 
> process as a full-on creator.  Again, this is easier with software than 
> subway systems and hydroelectric dams but to whatever extent possible 
> the information exchange and peer review model should be applied far and 
> wide.
> 

amen! further, look at the evolution of the internet. it comes not just
from the standardization of a simple (as opposed to OSI) set of *open*
protocols, around which applications could be built, shared, and
extended by a community. the open source community is a vital element of
open standards and keeping the resulting intellectual "property" (ideas,
implementations, technologies) in the public space.


> 
> In other words, I see open source as the seed of a participatory model 
> (again, mostly at the level of understanding and information sharing - 
> with production occurring where possible) of citizenship in a 
> technological society.
> 

"participatory model of citizenship"!!! dawn, dawg, that's what i was
going for! ;-)

	--ravi