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Re:Google, IBM, Mellanox, Nvidia, Tyan form OpenPower Consortium
on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @04:33PM (#6168965)
So should I not throwout my powerbook G4?
Re:Ask HN: Why don't companies open-source the source code of their ol...
on Sunday July 07, 2013 @10:02AM (#6002029)
I hope I dont sound like a goofy idealist but... All of these issues (rightly) point out that the major barrier to open-sourcing is cost. Doesn't this seem like a very effective use of kickstarter? However, I can see just negotiating with a vendor of legacy software could be a lot of work and require a good bit of technical know-how for a volunteer on kickstarter.