Open Source misstep
On November 16th, 2005, Peter Caday wrote a letter to the Gazette Times editor (scroll to the bottom of the page) saying that funding work on open source software by Oregon State University in the form of the Open Source Lab was a misstep.
I think the response (middle of page) that Conrad Shultz gave was a great one.
As much as I’d like to wade into this discussion I’m a fan of the adage that “seeing is believe”. Peter, if you’re out there and reading this, drop me a line at scott@osuosl.org (spam bots begone!) or give me a call at 541-737-9922. I’d love to give you a tour of the Open Source Lab and hopefully dispell some of the concerns and frustrations that you voiced in your letter. IMHO we’re doing some amazing work here with the most fantastic students the world has ever seen. In any case, I’d love to share with you, or anybody else for that matter, what we’re up to here and why we believe this is such a great thing for OSU and Oregon as a whole.
