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goBigtime · 05-17-2004, 05:10 AM

I was thinking about this earlier today...

Isn't open-source software sort of like communism?

... and, as it becomes better and better, it is a threat to the closed-source commercial (Capitalist) software companies out there.

Here is one of the definitions of communism from Dictionary.com:

com·mu·nism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kmy-nzm)
n.

1. A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.

05-17-2004, 05:10 AM
goBigtime Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 7,761	Does open-source software = communism?? I was thinking about this earlier today... Isn't open-source software sort of like communism? ... and, as it becomes better and better, it is a threat to the closed-source commercial (Capitalist) software companies out there. Here is one of the definitions of communism from Dictionary.com: com·mu·nism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kmy-nzm) n. 1. A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common advantage of all members.