“One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary.” WorldWayTodaySourceBeatsApplesSoftwareMicrosoftBack In The DayOpen Source Author:Jimmy Wales
“Proprietary software tends to have malicious features. The point is with a proprietary program, when the users dont have the source code, we can never tell. So you must consider every proprietary program as potential malware.” SourceProgramCodeFeaturesSoftwareUsersMalicious Author:Richard Stallman
“While free software was meant to force developers to lose sleep over ethical dilemmas, open source software was meant to end their insomnia.” EndsForceLosesSleepSourceEthicalSoftwareInsomniaDilemmaDevelopersOpen SourceEthical DilemmasOpen Source Software Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Once a term like "open source" entered our vocabulary, one could recast the whole public policy calculus in very different terms, so that instead of discussing the public interest, we are discussing the interests of individual software developers, while claiming that this is a discussion about "innovation" and "progress," not "accountability" or "security."” DifferentWholeIndividualTermInterestProgressSecurityPolicySourceInnovationDiscussionAccountabilitySoftwareVocabularyDiscussingPublic PolicyCalculusDevelopersPublic InterestOpen Source Author:Evgeny Morozov
“Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there.” KnowsDoneSourceAreasPhenomenonSoftwareNeatOpen Source Author:Bill Gates
“But the most reliable indication of the future of Open Source is its past: in just a few years, we have gone from nothing to a robust body of software that solves many different problems and is reaching the million-user count. There's no reason for us to slow down now.” YearsDifferentReasonProblemBodyPastMillionsGoneSourceSolveReachingNo ReasonSoftwareUsersSlow DownIndicationRobustOpen Source Author:Bruce Perens
“I think, fundamentally, open source does tend to be more stable software. It's the right way to do things.” ThinkingWayDoeSourceSoftwareStableRight WayOpen Source Author:Linus Torvalds
“There were open source projects and free software before Linux was there. Linux in many ways is one of the more visible and one of the bigger technical projects in this area, and it changed how people looked at it because Linux took both the practical and ideological approach.” PeopleWayChangedSourceProjectsApproachAreasBiggerPracticalsVisibleSoftwareIdeologicalLinuxOpen Source Author:Linus Torvalds
“When it comes to software, I much prefer free software, because I have very seldom seen a program that has worked well enough for my needs, and having sources available can be a life-saver.” NeedsWellsEnoughEconomySourceProgramAvailableSoftware Author:Linus Torvalds
“A lot of people who work on open-source software don't mind making money elsewhere. They aren't anticommercial.” PeopleMindSourceMaking MoneySoftwareElsewhereOpen SourceOpen Source Software Author:Jimmy Wales
“Free open-source software, by its nature, is unlikely to feature secret back doors that lead directly to Langley, Va.” SecretDoorsSourceFeaturesSoftwareUnlikelyBack DoorsOpen SourceOpen Source Software Author:Evgeny Morozov