And I predict the standard knee-jerk reactions of people who don't bother to RTFA. In all honesty though, the article's not much good anyway. The book certainly does tempt me, particularly having read a couple of endorsements (
http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262014632 ):
"For anyone who thought the open source movement was a passing fancy, this is the book to read. Written by two experts in innovation and patent policy, it presents important evidence on the scope and complexity of how firms and public authorities have embraced open source software. The reader will learn which nations and which types of firms use open source most heavily, and may be surprised at the extent to which open source code is blended with code and products that are kept proprietary. The authors provide a rich foundation for yet another wave of thinking on the subject."
—Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California, Berkeley, author of Innovation and Incentives
“Unlike much of the writing on open source versus proprietary software, this book offers factual evidence, careful analysis, and evenhanded discussion, while avoiding unsupported opinions, hyperbole, and exaggeration. Everyone who is concerned with open source will want to read this book.”
—Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google
These people aren't idiots, and neither are they MS fanatics.
Try an open mind, maybe....?
