Proprietary vs. Open Source: Meritocracy and Innovation

“The next generation of computing is being led by users, rather than vendors.” —Jim Whitehurst at OSBC 2011 (via Matthew Aslett) Tech and business media outlets, from Business Insider to Information Week to Computer Weekly‘s Open Source Insider, have lately  been trumpeting Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurt‘s clarion call to open source. Red Hat is a profitable self-described “meritocracy” that thrives by providing paid support and service packages for their popular Linux distribution, a business model that’s becoming increasingly popular in the industry. While many fans of open source wax [...]