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A defense of the GPL

By Brian Hurt | Published: January 3, 2010

OK, I’ve had it.  I’ve read one too many “the GPL is bad for (my) business” screeds. Let’s put the shoe on the other foot for a moment.

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“That’s Great. Now What?” (The 7 Minute Sermon)

By Robert Fischer | Published: December 29, 2009

I preached this sermon at Plymouth Presbyterian Church. The sermon title is “That’s Great. Now What?”, and it’s about the Christian experience of being given revelation and left to sort out the details for ourselves.

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The New Wheel: A Software Engineering Parable

By Robert Fischer | Published: December 16, 2009

In the early days of humankind, a young man excitedly ran up to the leader of the tribe. “You won’t believe it! I have an awesome invention! See, I know that our parents invented the wheel, but the wheel has all kinds of problems. It’s too hard to produce. It rolls away on you when you want to stand still. It’s hard to understand and to describe to people—’it’s like a thin slice of smooth rock with a hole in the middle’ isn’t exactly easy to grok.”

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Priorities

By Robert Fischer | Published: December 15, 2009

You want to know something that is really an abomination against the Christian way of life? Borrowing and lending money for interest.

Also posted in Metacognition | 30 Comments

The Self-Destructive Side of Open Source Software

By Robert Fischer | Published: December 14, 2009

There’s a bit of a misunderstanding about the economics open source software. Most importantly, people seem to be missing that commercializing open source software seems to be fundamentally self-destructive.

Also posted in Open Source, Software Business | 12 Comments

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