Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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Re: Opening Up Linux Journal and O'Reilly

Author:	Nick Sweeney
Posted:	8/28/1999; 4:11:03 AM
Topic:	Opening Up Linux Journal and O'Reilly
Msg #:	10175 (In response to 10139)
Prev/Next:	10174 / 10176

That's a fine analogy, Lea: I've been working on a paper over the past few months (it's dragged on...!) comparing open-source projects to the first flowering of modern scientific knowledge in the late 1600s. The Royal Society flourished because there was full disclosure: its "Philosophical Transactions" were the prototype of the modern scientific journal. There's always going to be a need for those who put in place the tools for collaboration, provide the conduits. Which is why Frontier and its surrounding technologies are a Good Thing.

And, by extension, isn't this discussion group following similar principles?

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