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Opinion: Is open source a bubble ready to burst?

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  1. David Russell (32 comments.) says:

    Whether it’s a ‘bubble’ commercially or not is irrelevant – many of the best open source applications e.g. Firefox, the GIMP etc. are not made by corporations, so a sudden drop in commercial viability will not make a great amount of difference.

  2. C Montoya says:

    I think the concern is that Open Source might become too popular, and there might come a day when everyone will say, “hey, did you hear about this ‘open source’ stuff? It’s the next big thing! Let’s invest in some shaky start up and get rich!” I think we might be getting there, and when we do, it’s risky, because investing becomes catastrophic when the product fails.

  3. jim says:

    Open source is not the false economy it once wasn’t. It’s a balance value share investment that adds to the net balance sheet of it’s worth. Corporations often take share index options and balance them directly on the shares market whereas Open source has a much sharper investment trend behemoth that will eventually eat it’s own economy.

  4. Jonathan Mehigan (2 comments.) says:

    Opensource will always have its place in the software community. Often its the opensource developers that change the way things are done in the world – then comes M$oft with their reply.

  5. Collin LaHay (2 comments.) says:

    Open source will only grow more popular in my opinion.



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