Overview: Open Source Paradigm Shift (An architecture of participation)

posted by   nikhil (150)   27 months ago (tim.oreilly.com)

A brilliant analysis of the current tech trends by Tim Orielly. He says, "free and open source developers are in much the same position today that IBM was in 1981 when it changed the rules of the computer industry, but failed to understand the consequences of the change, allowing others to reap the benefits" and "I find it useful to see open source as an expression of three deep, long-term trends:
* The commoditization of software
* Network-enabled collaboration
* Software customizability (software as a service)"