Sure, and some time later all the experts start making they're own proprietary software to replace the vanished open software and the whole thing becomes a little blip on the map. Just because a lot of the internet runs on open source, doesn't mean that if there was never open source there would be no internet. It would just mean a lot of the internet runs on proprietary software.
I'm not against open source at all. But this is the most pointless "article" I've seen in a while. Lets condense it into one sentence and not waste someone else's two minutes: "There's a lot of open software used".......WOW! :-\
I agree..
Posted by
Dave
at
2009-06-13 12:45
I have to agree the world would not cease to exist at all. I love and support open source and am proud to be a part of the movement but the world would move on. The world is BETTER because of open source it certainly isn't going to cease to exist should the open source movement vanish. Same to be said about the immigrant comment. As an immigrant I can tell you someone will ALWAYS do the work (legal/illegal). The whole we'd have no one to do the dishes or to run the server argument isn't exactly a sound one. I appreciated the story but definitely could see the extremism in some of the comments. Here's to furthering the cause justly so.
If I read right, the author wrote this article in reaction to an anti-open source guy who said something along the lines of "I wish all of that open-source shit would just go away".
As for the sudden and complete disappearance of open-source, of course it's ridiculous. It still makes a nice setting for reflexion.
If you cannot bear unrealistic settings, too bad. Have a good day.
I'm not against open source at all. But this is the most pointless "article" I've seen in a while. Lets condense it into one sentence and not waste someone else's two minutes: "There's a lot of open software used".......WOW! :-\
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As for the sudden and complete disappearance of open-source, of course it's ridiculous. It still makes a nice setting for reflexion.
If you cannot bear unrealistic settings, too bad. Have a good day.