The Future of Software is Open Source

[sakMFKR]

@Curtomium na dude, apple

[lightlolteam]

He is right, also check out Zeitgeist Moving forward watch?v=4Z9WVZddH9w

[123weeky]

btw may i know what is an open source software?give such example,,

[youmakeitwhatitis]

I didn't feel like I would like this guy until I saw this.

[derman077]

GOD, I hate this guy.

[malamacoa]

fucking 20 second ads with continous pop ups and breaks just for ads

[themix92]

you cant go completely open source

in the end people want to get paid for their hard work, and there is no, or very little money in open source, people wouldnt become educated in the field and development of software as a whole would just die out. we dont want that now do we?

most open source projects are done by students, or by developers on their own spare time, and that is how it will always be. 100% open source would strangle itself out of existance

[shady4tv]

usually when proprietary software companies go out of business, (at least the smart ones) tend to open up the software just like when Netscape fell and Mozilla Firefox was built

also safari is not open, Webkit is but its just like Google Chrome

Webkit and Chromium are the same thing, projects picked up by companies (i.e. Apple and Google) to be made better. Then they build there own proprietary project off of it (i.e. Google Chrome and Apple Safari)

[MrVDawid]

open office is week:/

[70rm3n70r]

open vs closed , compare it with science and alchemy. Science may take a few hundred years to figure out how the world works, but it does actually get there, exactly because people can build on each others knowledge, and it evolves over time. In contrast, alchemy may be about smart people, but the knowledge body never “accumulates” anywhere. It might be passed down to an apprentice, it basically means that it can never really become any better than what a single person/company can understand

[norvman]

@murderslastcrow

I Understand. (no apologie required sir) I only recently came to understand what is happening myself.

I know alot of business people who would jump ship tonight (before business opens tomorrow) if they could be shown a better alternative than Window$

Just like Selling Vacume Cleaners Door2Door and Buggy Whips

the Expensive Software model has seen it's day.

Being a professional Win2Lin Converter might just be a good job classification in coming years.

[GabrielSerrano505]

All hail to the Future of Open Source!

[norvman]

@murderslastcrow

You Shelled out for the extra mem when Micro$oft asked you too...

I just droped $1500 on new hardware...

I could have spent that same money on 2D and 3D software and tried to run it on a 6 year old system...

Instead I have the lastest greastest hardware running an OS faster than what I could 'buy'

You can't figure out the math in that

And... you want us to say your what? Smart?

I'm trying to not insult

but are you sure you've thought this through?

[powerdbycomedy]

@murderslastcrow its called emulation

learn it u windotard

[noumman]

are open source softwares free for commercial use as well, i.e if i use them for my company's computer?

[cr561979]

I'm not so sure whether open is the future even though i'd like it.Pretty much the entire industry (any consumer product) keeps their blueprints patented and secret. Intellectual property has always been guarded like gems throughout the centuries.

[OpenSourceDownloads]

You can save money with open source softwares

[Welocy]

Please Microsoft, convert to Linux..

[jeroeniskoning]

"The future will be open."

Im saying this for 3 years now...

[MasaruGamer]

he says all this and yet he still uses a mac

[7721oopsthatsmypin]

@MasaruGamer your argument makes no sense. dont make a statement without being able to back it up.

[lmyhoosier]

i use all open source

[LewisDre4m]

The software open in the future.

[pacmanghostx]

Open Source FTW.

I use CinePaint for image editing on Mac OS X, and it's just as good, if not better than PhotoShop. Hell, it's been used in the movie industry. :)

[RaidenX2007]

Good open source software to try: Firefox, open office, GIMP(photoshop-like software) vlc media player

[shangu04]

I use all of these

[shangu04]

I use all of them! :)

[mrsepek]

think about from this point of view for a second

AutoCAD is proprietary because very few people need it and its NOT mission critical for most people.

firefox is not proprietary because the world has too much to gain from free and cooperative "may the best code win" development, most computer users run web browsers

the point is that some software will stay proprietary for a looong time

if we where able to clone food using electricity, not sharing this technology would be unethical

[computerbytesize]

wow chris very deep :P good point

[theplaystationnewb]

i just installed ubuntu onto my laptop and its pretty kickass. i think open source is pretty cool. i plan on making my own games and junk for people to enjoy. he makes a really good point. its not like its against the law for people to make their own versions of junk. plus some people's ideas are better or more popular than what you find for sale at best buy

[deathTOvista]

computer socialism ftw

[clintbrothers]

what happened here? Where's the video

[xiz90]

You could probably run for president with that speech!

[ttk1opc]

is that the compiz screen saver running on dual monitors?

[crippanda6]

he uses leopard

[Computerfreaq15]

ya, but wasn't that computer running windows vista, and that looks like the compiz screen saver, too!

[crippanda6]

no its a mac pro, thats a mac screensaver

[vockleya]

His dual-monitor desktop setup is running Vista, and his laptop is running OS X

[theycutheyknowu]

but what does open source mean? is it open source to the publisher of the software or to us and is it to give us the illusion that it is open source?.

[highonhayek]

There will be hardcore technical software that no one will write unless paid.

Also games. Don't forget that.

[XColdBloodedX]

His wife is smoking hot.

Get a life asshole.

[Muff208bty]

Yes a very hot wife

Me thinks the poster above has some issue with normal social interaction that makes him think any one who is involved in any aspect of computers or tech other than "OMG l33t my windoze rig pwns every game on high! Crysis rorlf" is a virgin. Well let me tell you something bub ponzi is one of the hottest women on the planet, an chris has more charm in his little finger than you do in your entire body. ParkSlopeStud you sir have all the charm an social grace of a pubic louse.

[JetJL]

go buntun Open source Open minder ready to add on!

[criddell86]

I mostly disagree. Open source programming languages are all good, open source projects are good also, some are awesome, but it is not by any manner of means " The Future ". Yes, servers run on Linux which is open source but this only occasionally reduces overhead costs. Open source servers are not totally secure.

OS X is the best OS ever, in my opinion, and its not developed as open source, written in open source nor does it contain any back end open source code.

[Redien]

Actually, OS X is based upon and uses open source projects and code. X11, BSD, CUPS and Darwin just to name a few. Although OS X itself is closed source.

Also, a big reason for using Linux in the past, before say Windows NT was stability. I don't know anything about the stableness of new Windows server versions as I have no experience with them.

PS. I've never heard of Open Source programming languages, programming languages do not have a "source".

[Babarock87]

Of course there are open source languages (Python or Ruby are perfect exemples).

[Dejaiin]

Um doesn't it run from freebsd?

[adeelisnoones]

what would happen if windows was an open source software what would happen? ...it would be hell ..... so thanks to uncle Bill gates that we are able to use computers with ease

[FearedBliss]

Yea I'm a developer for OdinMS. I use to code for TitanMS but OdinMS works more the way I like it even though Java isn't my primary language.

[ianmichael7]

yup. I agree.. Open source enables users to modify and make it better!

[Thetacoman3]

I like the topic. I have allot of open source software on my computer, I am using Mozilla FF, You are right it is a beautiful program.

[PurushaDesa]

I'm no expert, least of all with Apple, but I can see why people could find the iPhone SDK releases as a significant step toward open source.

I mean Apple is a notorious control freak, and many would argue that's its strongest point, but allowing some form of third party apps, even though it's filtered through the App Store, still means Jobs and the like is finally interested in giving away a little more power than I would have even dreamed of a few years back.

[DaveTheMan1234567890]

So You Calling Apple and Microsoft Idiots?

[Dave31294]

Silos which you will never escape? What the heck kind of line is that?

[morgs2020]

I think opensource is the future for anyone who cares. Unless we allow corporate interests to restrict it.

Unless your a gamer Ubuntu will do everything you do on Windows and OSX free and generally better. And it's only going to get better.

[Dave31294]

WINE at the point where good games like Half-Life 2 will run on the Linux platform with the WINE windows compatibility layer.

[morgs2020]

I haven't done much research but from what I've gathered about WINE its not as fast as running Windows for real. For someone like me who wants to spend a lot of money on the best gaming hardware the extra money for windows vista is worth it for hassle free full feature support and I can see the benefits of using a live gamer tag certainly for xbox users.

[morgs2020]

I will probably just use a copy of Vista however and buy Windows 7. I hope open source game development takes of though. If I had a ton of money I'd make games for all formats with an emphasise that the Linux version provided the premium experience.

[brijeshchauhan]

firefox is NOT open source...it is freely available but NOT open source

[tom0854]

Of course its open source you can download the source code from Mozilla's website. Software such as Songbird developed by Pioneers of the Inevitable makes uses of code from firefox

[brijeshchauhan]

ohh, sorry...I didnt know that the source code is available for firefox...

[hardcrmtn3]

all i care about is getting them for free

[tpiom]

Open source doesn't mean that YOU can adjust changes to the product, or even get it for free!

[kman1111]

You scare me with thoose intros.

[dogbog99]

open source FTW!!!!!!!!!11111oneoneone

[icevista]

Camstudio is opensource

[delfmeek]

They've been saying open source is the future for years... Only time will tell...

[ipodtouchmaster93]

Please Chris if you have are a very nice guy, you will give the dragon away to me. i will be in the chatroom on may 29th

[BattleOfKheSanh]

Saying things like that, Chris will release his own Dragon to you!

BURN!!!!!!!!!

[guest2424]

Open source can also grow faster and with less bugs because it can be built and debugged by more people, who are ALL doing it out of their OWN motivation. This means you are less likely to have to wait longer on a version to fix un-seen errors because an employee or a group of them, are not motivated to do their job and may be just doing it out of the need for income, which means it may be written very sloppy and have memory leaks or leave in backdoors. Who do you want writing your software?

[guest2424]

I have recently switched over to seeking open source over all other types of software. I believe it is more trustworthy and no nag screens. I write a lot of software and worked on an app with a friend before (online and in person) but lost the source code! I never offered the source code. After seeing this video, I will now upload the source. This will also keep me from losing any more source codes. The code can be used for learning and ideas on how it can be used to meet their needs.

[Superman8991]

hey where did you get your screensaver from?

[AsoVideos]

it comes with mac osx leopard

[ssolkemserB]

Without thinking of it ive always went to open, just beacuse i didnt want to pay anything for software.. I still use mostly Open, and i love opensource sftware sooo much!

What would the world be without?

[rock3tcat]

He has a point, I mean how many software company's in Silicon Valley where doomed to get bankrupt until they released all of there product source code and people started creating applications for for those products and also started improving there software , and after that the company's where back on track.

[MasterTutorial]

Open source is the future! So this means that Linux is the future, Mac and Windows will fall at the power of a Open Source OS's.

[djbreeduk]

will someone make a program that will allow mw to use my audio software on linux ,its the only thing keeping me on windows

[x4that]

Enlightning!

[niceveritt]

People will always want to make money off their hard work.

[Dejaiin]

Chris, what is with you contradicting yourself? I reminisce to several months ago you where a vista fan boy. Now your an open source guru? I also am quite annoyed at how you have no idea what the difference between free(dom) software and open source software is. As an end user yourself you shouldn't tell developers what to do, I love open source but I don't appreciate end users bashing developers. We have to put money on the table and maybe we agree with some form of payment and not goodwill ok.

[mysticfm]

Open source has a great role, yes - but most of the people who create it are either students or people that are making a living elsewhere as developers. If EVERYTHING goes open source, most programmers wouldn't be able to support themselves anymore. People would stop training for the field (because there won't be any money in it), and the wellspring of talent that keeps open source going would dry up.

In summary, a 100% open source world would strangle itself out of existence pretty quickly.

[leodime]

THere's plenty of money in Open Source. Sun Microsystems just purchased MySQL for 1 billion USD.

[nemirc]

But not everywhere. A lot of opensource projects don't get any kind of money so they are pretty much done for nothing.

I've seen some of those projects fade away and die because people do have jobs that give them money while opensource software gives them nothing.

[yogajuan]

Yeah, free as in speech is not the same as free as in beer :-)

[SyncroFei]

I always search for open sources first, to fill my software needs.

Proprietary software tends to have excess baggage, and tends not to play well with others

[LordCathbad]

now, what about the professional programmers? those who earn their daily bread by doing what now others would be doing for free?

[nemirc]

That's my question and that's why I don't believe on "free apps for everyone".

Take redhat... it's opensource (supposedly???) but it's not free.

I think most people look for openSource apps just because they are free and they just give a fuck about the people that make open source possible.

Everybody uses ubuntu, but I wonder how many actually pay Canonical or whatever for support... most of them will use ubuntu because it's free but they don't help canonical not to go out of business

[thisblender]

youre annoying when you try to sound like a prophet. what you said could have been said in less time but, i still think it was great information for people who don't know any better. thanks!

[tobo88]

you sound so serious on this vid chris

[leodime]

Watch his Mac vs PC challenge video and it'll probably scare you.

[nemirc]

I watched it and I didn't find it scary.

[brilliantmojo]

u roc!

[helimeef]

I wish everythign were open source... Then I wouldn't be such a noob and have so many questions about certain apps.

[nemirc]

yeah, because any "noob" can just grab Blender and Jahshaka and create The Battle on the Pelennor Fields from Lord of the Rings in just one week, counting the time that takes to learn to use the software.

[helimeef]

I mean I can learn programming languages faster. I have a lot of cool OS X apps that I wish were open source so that I could see how they work...

[flowder8]

i would love for everything to be open because after that happens imagine the possibillitys

[lumani12]

i love open source