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One of the biggest challenges facing the globe is the gap that exists in the wealth and standards of living enjoyed by the world's nations.

~Brian Behlendorf

Topics: Biggest Challenges Enjoyed Exists Facing Gap Globe Living Nations Standards Wealth World

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Foreign trade is not a replacement for foreign aid, of course, but foreign aid to a country that doesn't also engage in significant amounts of foreign trade is more likely to end up in the pockets of dictators and cronies.

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Topics: Aid Also Amount Country Course Dictators End Engage Foreign Foreign Aid Likely More Pockets Replacement Significant Trade Up

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There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.

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Topics: Better Developing Educated Engage Form Nation Population Provided Sell Services Than Trade

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What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread use.

~Brian Behlendorf

Topics: Been Being Being Used Gotten Implementation Java Kept Open Open Source Possible Really Source Use Used Widely Widespread

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I won't sit here and say an Open Source project will do things faster than a closed source, but one of the reasons why is that it sits on a whole lot of things that came before it.

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Topics: Before Came Closed Faster Here Lot Open Open Source Project Reasons Say Sit Source Than Things Whole Why Will

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Software as an asset isn't stable over time; it needs to be maintained.

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Topics: Asset Maintained Needs Over Software Stable Time

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I'm not of the opinion that all software will be open source software. There is certain software that fits a niche that is only useful to a particular company or person: for example, the software immediately behind a web site's user interface. But the vast majority of software is actually pretty generic.

~Brian Behlendorf

Topics: Actually Behind Certain Company Example Fits For Example Generic Immediately Interface Majority Niche Only Open Open Source Opinion Particular Person Pretty Site Software Source Useful User Vast Vast Majority Web Will

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Success for open source is when the term 'open source' becomes a non-factor in the decision making process, when people hear about Linux and compare it to Windows NT, and they compare it on the feature set and don't have much of an excuse not to use it.

~Brian Behlendorf

Topics: About Becomes Compare Decision Decision Making Excuse Feature Hear Linux Making Much Open Open Source People Process Set Source Success Term Use Windows

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: March 30th, 1973

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