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  Open Source Paradigm Shift
Subject:   Paradigm Shift? With links
Date:   2004-06-28 14:48:21
From:   timoreilly
Response to: Paradigm Shift? With links

I think you miss my point. My argument is that we need to look through the obvious elements of open source such as licenses and code sharing, and notice that open source and open standards are leading to the commoditization of many types of software -- which in turn drives value in unexpected ways. Unexpected, at least, to people who have grown up in the PC era, where direct payment for software is a paradigm shared by both those who want to profit from selling software and those who eschew it. Meanwhile, new paradigm players are making a bundle using entirely new business models.