Monolith Software: Open Source Is 'Intellectual Pac-Man' Posted by CmdrGrits on Wednesday October 13, @09:15AM EDT from the waka-waka-waka dept. Gnuisance writes "A leaked internal memo from Monolith Software, makers of Portals 98, says that open source software 'poses a direct, short-term revenue and platform threat' and that the company should consider 'de-commoditizing protocols.' The memo was titled 'Halloween Treat' and was apparently not meant to be read by anyone with a modem." De-commoditizing protocols. I'm going to need someone to translate that into English. Actually, no, I'm not. Monolith Software: Open Source Is 'Intellectual Pac-Man' | Login/Create an Account | Top | 31 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 31 comments 0: 27 comments 1: 19 comments 2: 11 comments 3: 10 comments 4: 4 comments 5: 3 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. They take it seriously by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 13, @09:26AM EDT (#2) Whatever else this memo says, it says that the biggest software company in the world takes Linix seriously. A year ago they were laughing. That's a win. [ Reply to This ] Re:They take it seriously by Prior Art Pete on Wednesday October 13, @09:49AM EDT (#4) (User Info) You're both wrong, and I'm going to explain why in a post that's way too long for anyone to read. Paragraph one: ... [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:They take it seriously by UpgradeUma (Score:0) Re:They take it seriously by MarkupMarcy on Wednesday October 13, @11:12AM EDT (#14) (User Info) Actually, that's a common misconception. The spec explicitly allows it; it's the vendors who didn't implement it. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:They take it seriously by perl_monger_mo on Wednesday October 13, @11:31AM EDT (#15) (User Info) Don't feed the trolls. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:They take it seriously by mp3_maniac on Wednesday October 13, @10:30AM EDT (#9) (User Info) The parent's point stands, though: it depends entirely on the use case. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Embrace, extend... by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 13, @09:29AM EDT (#3) De-commoditize protocols = add proprietary extensions so that their stuff only works with their stuff. We've seen this movie. [ Reply to This ] Re:Embrace, extend... by CmdrGrits on Wednesday October 13, @10:03AM EDT (#6) (User Info) You must be new here. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Links by CmdrGrits on Wednesday October 13, @09:55AM EDT (#5) (User Info) For anyone who wants to read more, the original announcement is on their site and there's a good technical write-up in the newsgroups. Search for it, the link is too long to paste. [ Reply to This ] Old news by StylusSam (Score:0) Re:Old news by CoffeeCoder on Wednesday October 13, @11:01AM EDT (#13) (User Info) Source? My brother-in-law says otherwise, and he has a Pentode. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Beowulf by overclocked_otter on Wednesday October 13, @10:36AM EDT (#11) (User Info) Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. [ Reply to This ] Re:Beowulf by HexHead on Wednesday October 13, @11:48AM EDT (#16) (User Info) Did you even read the parent post? He said the opposite. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Beowulf by pitchfork_pete on Wednesday October 13, @12:16PM EDT (#19) (User Info) No, that's not how any of this works. Please read the FAQ before posting. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Beowulf by Gnuisance on Wednesday October 13, @12:26PM EDT (#20) (User Info) Agreed. Couldn't have said it better myself. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Beowulf by PolarPenguin on Wednesday October 13, @12:55PM EDT (#24) (User Info) I tried that and it set my monitor on fire. Thanks a lot. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Beowulf by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 13, @01:41PM EDT (#28) I think you're missing the point. Nobody is arguing it's perfect, just that it's better than what we had. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Beowulf by UpgradeUma on Wednesday October 13, @02:00PM EDT (#30) (User Info) Funny, I had the exact opposite experience. Ymmv, I guess. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Beowulf by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 13, @02:02PM EDT (#31) This is the most sensible thing I've read on Dashdot all week. Somebody mod this up. [ Reply to This | Parent ] The real problem by modem_mike on Wednesday October 13, @11:54AM EDT (#17) (User Info) The real problem here is management. Engineers know how to build things right; management sets a deadline that makes it impossible, and then acts surprised when it ships broken. Every single time. [ Reply to This ] Karma by PolarPenguin (Score:0) Re:Karma by Tux_Tamer on Wednesday October 13, @01:13PM EDT (#25) (User Info) Wait until you see the next version. It's going to be worse. [ Reply to This | Parent ] 12 replies beneath your current threshold. Show them all (threshold -1).

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