tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576561994717163167.post6543091351778759182..comments2023-05-26T05:45:29.870-06:00Comments on Texas Open Source Software: The right toolelptuxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00441298221345420726noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576561994717163167.post-76914492902394430352008-01-25T00:25:00.000-07:002008-01-25T00:25:00.000-07:00Open Source started in the late 90s. Free software...Open Source started in the late 90s. Free software started in the early 80s. Before that, there was no name as there lacked an organized nature. People just copied and shared freely.<BR/><BR/>Referring to either OS or FS in any time frame before their origination will only confuse people. As well, many in the open source camp would strongly disagree that there is an open source "spirit". "SpiritGnuospherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13242430566758242991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576561994717163167.post-57318045588955914332007-07-12T08:46:00.000-06:002007-07-12T08:46:00.000-06:00Accurate observations from an "official" date/time...Accurate observations from an "official" date/time perspective. The spirit of open source (before the term was coined,) however, predates even the 1984 date when GNU was "offically" launched. The early internet was an open source de facto environment, that has been added on (some would say taken over) by the usual suspects. It's very hard to portray the "history of Open Source" in a couple of elptuxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00441298221345420726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576561994717163167.post-71054523250835628332007-07-10T07:52:00.000-06:002007-07-10T07:52:00.000-06:00Please do not write the GNU project and the Free S...Please do not write the GNU project and the Free Software movement out of existence. <BR/><BR/>When you say "With the advent of Linux the open source community worldwide received a boost," that is incorrect. Linux predates the term "open source." Linux was started from 1991, the term "open source" from 1998. It is correct to say "With the advent of Linux, the GNU Project (started in 1984) gotTom Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.com