Claire's Alternate Version of Reality

I Cannot Pretend to Feel Impartial About Open Source
Stephen O'Grady's latest tecosystems writeup is a worthwhile read for those of you interested in open source. Oh, and you just have to love the title - "What We Talk About When We Talk About Open Source". Sure, it's provocative, and it's bound to raise some eyebrows, and possibly step on some toes, but the underlying message about choice and competition (that both are ultimately a good thing) are sentiments that I wholeheartedly agree with.

And if any of you want to ding me for ending the previous sentence with a preposition, I am reminded of another Winston Churchill quote: "From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put."

(2005-02-15 00:16:45.0) Permalink Comments [3]

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Some interesting comments on this famous remark from Churchhill can be found here.

- Bart

Posted by Bart on February 15, 2005 at 09:03 PM PST #

Reminds me of the story about the young lad who had just gone to bed when his father comes into the room carrying a book about Australia. Surprised by his father, the young lad asks, "What did you bring that book that I wanted to be read to out of from about Down Under up for?" :)

Posted by dave on March 10, 2005 at 08:20 PM PST #

Cute, Dave. Turns out there are more stories where that one comes from. I found a "Way With Words FAQ" on the KPBS npr website that is worth reading up on. I would recommend that you use Question #6 to start with. :-) --Claire http://www.kpbs.org/Radio/DynPage.php?id=1447

Posted by Claire Giordano on March 10, 2005 at 10:45 PM PST #

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