> Open Source can create > better products faster than the old closed source model. Many of > the most successful software programs in use today, particularly > on the internet, are Open Source.
Cool. What are five such "most successful software programs in use today, particularly on the Internet"?
> Cool. What are five such "most successful software programs in use > today, particularly on the Internet"?
In fact they qualify better as Free Software than as Open Source. They are Free, but they are not all developed in a participatory manner. I haven't made that distinction at that point in the essay though, which is intended to build up the hype before taking a look at what the hype is actually about.
That said, to answer your question:
Apache (most successful web server). Eclipse (most popular Java development environment). PHP (scripting language used on more websites than ASP). Solaris (operating system used by most top web sites). MYSQL (database approaching market majority).
Firefox (second most popular browser) is Free Software. MacOS X (second most popular OS) and Safari are Free Software at their base as well. Java is to be Free'd. The "LAMP stack" (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) for web development is growing in popularity. PHP in particular is used on more web sites than ASP for example.
The trend in software in general is towards Free Software. Even Microsoft have made some of their utilities Free.
Eclipse is wonderful, and I use it for everything…not just Java development, but via its plugin architecture PHP, Python, C++, etc etc…I've noticed a plethora of commercial plugins springing up around eclipse, but BAH!
Not to mention the exciting FRAMEWORKS being built on the LAMP stack–Joomla and Cake are beautiful creatures…
bliss l
Rob Myers wrote:
> Quoting Jim Andrews <[email protected]>: > > > Cool. What are five such "most successful software programs in use > > today, particularly on the Internet"? > > In fact they qualify better as Free Software than as Open Source. > They > are Free, > but they are not all developed in a participatory manner. I haven't > made that > distinction at that point in the essay though, which is intended to > build up > the hype before taking a look at what the hype is actually about. > > That said, to answer your question: > > Apache (most successful web server). > Eclipse (most popular Java development environment). > PHP (scripting language used on more websites than ASP). > Solaris (operating system used by most top web sites). > MYSQL (database approaching market majority). > > Firefox (second most popular browser) is Free Software. MacOS X > (second most > popular OS) and Safari are Free Software at their base as well. Java > is to be > Free'd. The "LAMP stack" (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) for web > development is > growing in popularity. PHP in particular is used on more web sites > than > ASP for > example. > > The trend in software in general is towards Free Software. Even > Microsoft have > made some of their utilities Free. > > - Rob. >
Methinks there will be no "Free Art" or "Open Source Art" until artists can let go of the idea that their creations are sacred…
As a programmer, I expect my code to be rewritten, ripped up, copied, pasted, refactored, and in general transformed in ways I can't imagine. This is absolutely ok with me: Code isn't sacred.
While many of us here don't mind the same thing happening to our artworks, the culture at large still has a big problem with sampling and refactoring of media…when simple P2P file-sharing is called "piracy," there's a sense of the sacred about the art object; it has yet to land here on earth among us humans…
Perhaps what we see in the future are art frameworks…Processing is a step toward this…but what of other media?
Methinks all digital art should have an API!
bliss l
Rob Myers wrote:
> Yochai Benkler describes Open Source as a methodology of 'commons > based peer production
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> Open Source can create
> better products faster than the old closed source model. Many of
> the most successful software programs in use today, particularly
> on the internet, are Open Source.
Cool. What are five such "most successful software programs in use today, particularly on the Internet"?
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Quoting Jim Andrews <[email protected]>:
> Cool. What are five such "most successful software programs in use
> today, particularly on the Internet"?
In fact they qualify better as Free Software than as Open Source. They
are Free,
but they are not all developed in a participatory manner. I haven't made that
distinction at that point in the essay though, which is intended to build up
the hype before taking a look at what the hype is actually about.
That said, to answer your question:
Apache (most successful web server).
Eclipse (most popular Java development environment).
PHP (scripting language used on more websites than ASP).
Solaris (operating system used by most top web sites).
MYSQL (database approaching market majority).
Firefox (second most popular browser) is Free Software. MacOS X (second most
popular OS) and Safari are Free Software at their base as well. Java is to be
Free'd. The "LAMP stack" (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) for web development is
growing in popularity. PHP in particular is used on more web sites than
ASP for
example.
The trend in software in general is towards Free Software. Even Microsoft have
made some of their utilities Free.
- Rob.
And hopefully eventually things like open lazlo (http://www.openlaszlo.org/) will eclipse Flash…
Eclipse is wonderful, and I use it for everything…not just Java development, but via its plugin architecture PHP, Python, C++, etc etc…I've noticed a plethora of commercial plugins springing up around eclipse, but BAH!
Not to mention the exciting FRAMEWORKS being built on the LAMP stack–Joomla and Cake are beautiful creatures…
bliss
l
Rob Myers wrote:
> Quoting Jim Andrews <[email protected]>:
>
> > Cool. What are five such "most successful software programs in use
> > today, particularly on the Internet"?
>
> In fact they qualify better as Free Software than as Open Source.
> They
> are Free,
> but they are not all developed in a participatory manner. I haven't
> made that
> distinction at that point in the essay though, which is intended to
> build up
> the hype before taking a look at what the hype is actually about.
>
> That said, to answer your question:
>
> Apache (most successful web server).
> Eclipse (most popular Java development environment).
> PHP (scripting language used on more websites than ASP).
> Solaris (operating system used by most top web sites).
> MYSQL (database approaching market majority).
>
> Firefox (second most popular browser) is Free Software. MacOS X
> (second most
> popular OS) and Safari are Free Software at their base as well. Java
> is to be
> Free'd. The "LAMP stack" (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) for web
> development is
> growing in popularity. PHP in particular is used on more web sites
> than
> ASP for
> example.
>
> The trend in software in general is towards Free Software. Even
> Microsoft have
> made some of their utilities Free.
>
> - Rob.
>
Methinks there will be no "Free Art" or "Open Source Art" until artists can let go of the idea that their creations are sacred…
As a programmer, I expect my code to be rewritten, ripped up, copied, pasted, refactored, and in general transformed in ways I can't imagine. This is absolutely ok with me: Code isn't sacred.
While many of us here don't mind the same thing happening to our artworks, the culture at large still has a big problem with sampling and refactoring of media…when simple P2P file-sharing is called "piracy," there's a sense of the sacred about the art object; it has yet to land here on earth among us humans…
Perhaps what we see in the future are art frameworks…Processing is a step toward this…but what of other media?
Methinks all digital art should have an API!
bliss
l
Rob Myers wrote:
> Yochai Benkler describes Open Source as a methodology of 'commons
> based peer production