Comments on: Opinion: Is open source a bubble ready to burst?

By: Collin LaHay

Collin LaHay — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:35:08 +0000

Open source will only grow more popular in my opinion.

By: Jonathan Mehigan

Jonathan Mehigan — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:03:52 +0000

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.

By: jim

jim — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 02:45:34 +0000

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.

By: C Montoya

C Montoya — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 19:33:11 +0000

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.

By: David Russell

David Russell — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:34:03 +0000

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.