Is there a bright future for open software projects?

[holger krekel]

Courageous wrote:
> 
> >Open source is a tremendous opportunity from didactic point of view. Most
> >educational programs address only "toy" problems, small projects with few
> >people for a short time (months). Real world problems involve 100+ manyears
> >of software, which introduces many other concerns than the "toy" problems.
> >By realizing functionality in an open source environment you can confront
> >students with this 100+ manyear world. Results which are "good enough" could
> >flow back to the open source environment.
> 
> I agree with this. I am extreme in my beliefs. For example, it is normal and
> routine for government to allow contractors to keep rights to software that
> they produce on the public dollar. I view this as a betrayal of the public
> trust. What they people pay for should belong to the people.

I don't think it's that extreme an oppinion.  But as politics are
still moving towards making more and more things 'ownable' our view of
the world is more and more regarded as 'extreme'.

    holger