[NCLUG] OSS a Hard Sell to Consumers

Brian Wood bwood at beww.org
Fri Nov 9 12:58:59 MST 2007


Chad Perrin wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2007 at 02:00:31PM -0700, Brian Wood wrote:
>> I gave a copy of "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" to a CSU Economics prof
>> a couple of weeks ago (the book, not just the essay), he's still shaking
>> his head.
> 
> It's surprising how little supposed professionals and professors actually
> know about their claimed areas of expertise, sometimes.
> 

Well at least he read it, and he seems to agree with a lot of it, and he
plans to quote portions in a paper he's writing.

Not knowing something is always excusable, but not wanting to learn
something is inexcusable.

beww




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