Comments on: Beyond Self-Interest, or, Some Initial Thoughts on Re-imagining the Possibilities of the Open Source Movement http://bavatuesdays.com/beyond-self-interest-or-some-initial-thoughts-on-re-imagining-the-possibilities-of-the-open-source-movement/ a "b" blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:15:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jimgroom http://bavatuesdays.com/beyond-self-interest-or-some-initial-thoughts-on-re-imagining-the-possibilities-of-the-open-source-movement/#comment-232 jimgroom Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:10:05 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=98#comment-232 Wow, great stuff Patrick, thanks for the links. Does this mean I lose all street cred given that I am writing this from a MacBook Pro? Quite probably. I'll do the recommended listening/reading and hopefully build more specifically upon some of the abstractions in this post. Thanks for adding fruitfully to a conversation I am really interrested in these days! Wow, great stuff Patrick, thanks for the links. Does this mean I lose all street cred given that I am writing this from a MacBook Pro? Quite probably. I’ll do the recommended listening/reading and hopefully build more specifically upon some of the abstractions in this post.

Thanks for adding fruitfully to a conversation I am really interrested in these days!

]]> By: Patrick Gosetti-Murrayjohn http://bavatuesdays.com/beyond-self-interest-or-some-initial-thoughts-on-re-imagining-the-possibilities-of-the-open-source-movement/#comment-231 Patrick Gosetti-Murrayjohn Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:04:11 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=98#comment-231 Indeed, lots of the open source movement is throwing a good light on capitalist (and social, and democratic) groundings floating around in the U.S. Is this a new kind of capitalism, or a reformulation of very old capitalist principles for the emerging technologies? I recently listened to an <a href="http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail323.html" rel="nofollow"> IT conversation from Mitch Kapur</a> on politics and open source ideas (favorite line: "I think if Thomas Payne were writing 'Common Sense' today, he would be doing it on a Linux laptop" (~8:40)). He's asking similar questions in the field of politics, rather than capitalism. I'm also reminded of Eric Raymond's <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s11.html" rel="nofollow">"The Cathedral and the Bazaar"</a>, which has a lot of thoughts about business models, open source, and capitalism. Indeed, lots of the open source movement is throwing a good light on capitalist (and social, and democratic) groundings floating around in the U.S. Is this a new kind of capitalism, or a reformulation of very old capitalist principles for the emerging technologies?

I recently listened to an IT conversation from Mitch Kapur on politics and open source ideas (favorite line: “I think if Thomas Payne were writing ‘Common Sense’ today, he would be doing it on a Linux laptop” (~8:40)). He’s asking similar questions in the field of politics, rather than capitalism.

I’m also reminded of Eric Raymond’s “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”, which has a lot of thoughts about business models, open source, and capitalism.

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