Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 14:15:19 -0400
| From: | Jack Park |
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jackpark@verticalnet.com> Reply-To: ohs-dev@bootstrap.org |
| To: | ohs-dev@bootstrap.org |
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unrev-II@egroups.com |
| Subject: | Plan for HyperScope-OHS launch and development |
Rod,
[Commenting on your transmittal letter to Doug Engelbart dated October 27, 2000 with links to the record on October 25, 2000...]
As always, citations to your web pages provide an enormous amount of insight into the way you think. It is always a valuable exercise that you provide us pointers.
On the page listed below, you discuss the following:
Above that quote on that page you relate:
620410 - This is weak.
And you follow with:
620425 - Has the study been done; does it show compelling evidence that 620426 - supports open source development?
It is nice to be able to peruse your thoughts out in the public and to do so in a calm, collected manner in which one has the time to sort out the *meanings* (whatever that means) of statements in your personal journal. I wish we could all be that open with our thoughts.
My take is that this is the collected thoughts of an individual carrying the baggage of a personal bias towards open source.
Nothing in the listed citations pays hommage to the fact that thousands of individuals all over the world came together to build Linux, an operating system that, indeed, has the likes of Microsoft behaving in ways that are terribly unprofessional, much like politicians who are trying to win office. Nowhere do you cite any of the really important projects ongoing world wide that are improving the lot of computer scientists, not to mention moms on the internet doing their shopping and so forth.
For all of this to make complete sense, ultimately, your thoughts need to be blended with those of others, not by email, but in a massively similar web space. That way, we can all make sense of all of our biases.
What, in your judgement would constitute *compelling evidence*? Does the fact that several dotcoms devoted to open source got great press, not to mention a lot of wall street interest, do that? If not, then what?
Sincerely,
Jack
Jack Park
jackpark@thinkalong.com
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 7:33 AM
| From: | Rod Welch |
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rowelch@attglobal.net |
| To: | ohs-dev@bootstrap.org |
| Subject: | Plan for HyperScope-OHS launch and development |
Doug,
Sounds like things are falling into place on your project. Please see my letter with a few links to your submission, as requested.....
There is a post script on your social event. I think Henry may try to stop by while he is in town, so I may get to meet him then.
Sincerely,
Rod