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# Open Mic Night For The Source
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/open-mic-night-for-the-source/
- Published: 1999-09-23T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:18:53.000Z
- Description: Linux creator Linus Torvalds at the Internet World trade show onWednesday predicted that the market for operating systems andother…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: SEEDS, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

Linux creator Linus Torvalds at the Internet World trade show on  
  
Wednesday predicted that the market for operating systems and  
  
other large blocks of software will gradually fade and the  
  
technology will be available for free. “What will drive the  
  
software industry is special software for special needs,”  
  
Torvalds said. “Software companies make money off of  
  
personalization, ways for users to get their own Web interface.“During his speech, which centered on Linux’s role in business,  
  
Torvalds criticized several corporate open-source projects,  
  
stressing that open-source is not the most effective model for  
  
all projects. Specifically, Torvalds cited Netscape’s Mozilla  
  
project, initiated before AOL acquired the company, which focused  
  
on the open-source development of the Communicator Web browser.In addition, Torvalds condemned the widespread corporate use of  
  
the term open source, saying that open means “that you can enter  
  
it and start playing with it and make your own decisions, and you  
  
don’t have to ask permission to start doing stuff.” The remark  
  
applies to Sun’s use of its Community Source License to partly  
  
open Java and other software while still maintaining control over  
  
the technology. (C|Net 10/06/99)