Sunday, April 26, 2009

WWJ Newsradio 950 - B'ham Native, Ex-Microsoft Exec, Argues For Open Source

"Curtis' ideas about software are heresy for a former Microsoft Corp. executive. He says the days of proprietary software are numbered and companies like Microsoft are likely doomed -- and that free open-source-code software will eventually run the world.

Curtis likens most of today's software development to medieval alchemy, where each alchemist jealously guarded his knowledge and shared it with no one."

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