http://techliberation.com/2008/08/18/pff-aspen-summit-an-important-premise-unexplored/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2008/08/18/pff-aspen-summit-an-important-premise-unexplored/comment-page-1/#comment-65588 Mike T Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:47:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12033#comment-65588 <p>Sadly, I think he may have a point. Pretty much all of the major open source projects had to get a decent bit of corporate assistance to go from being just novelties to projects with real power. Most of the projects that don't rely on outside support are smaller ones that are less likely to have an impact on the consumer.</p> Sadly, I think he may have a point. Pretty much all of the major open source projects had to get a decent bit of corporate assistance to go from being just novelties to projects with real power. Most of the projects that don't rely on outside support are smaller ones that are less likely to have an impact on the consumer.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2008/08/18/pff-aspen-summit-an-important-premise-unexplored/comment-page-1/#comment-55924 Mike T Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:47:23 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=12033#comment-55924 <p>Sadly, I think he may have a point. Pretty much all of the major open source projects had to get a decent bit of corporate assistance to go from being just novelties to projects with real power. Most of the projects that don't rely on outside support are smaller ones that are less likely to have an impact on the consumer.</p> Sadly, I think he may have a point. Pretty much all of the major open source projects had to get a decent bit of corporate assistance to go from being just novelties to projects with real power. Most of the projects that don’t rely on outside support are smaller ones that are less likely to have an impact on the consumer.

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