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1. Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 15:50:52 EST Simon Phipps

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   Don't let slick marketing sophistry rob your of your open source freedoms: http://ur1.ca/bik1j
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   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:22:38 EST Evan Prodromou

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     • Simon Phipps
     I like the article but the title makes it sound like those lock-in strategies are particular to Open Source software.
   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:23:07 EST Evan Prodromou

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     • Simon Phipps
     They're not; at worst you're as locked in as if you'd used proprietary software.
   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:24:10 EST Evan Prodromou

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     I think there are some interesting lockin situations though. For example, software with snowflake APIs and interfaces. e.g. Firefox, Chrome.
   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:27:32 EST Evan Prodromou

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     Programming languages, configuration files... you can make commitments to Open Source systems that are hard to get out of.
   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:28:36 EST Evan Prodromou

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     • Simon Phipps
     Some companies work like hell to get out of the commitment. Look at Google and Dalvik or Facebook with HipHop.
   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:30:30 EST Evan Prodromou

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     • Simon Phipps
     Maybe some things to look for: is there at least one other compatible implementation? Can you export data in an interchange format?
   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Nov-2012 16:32:17 EST Evan Prodromou

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     To what extent are end users represented in the development team? Are they likely to do a major rearchitecture and leave you in a lurch?
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   • Simon Phipps (webmink)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-2012 13:25:00 EST Simon Phipps

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     • Evan Prodromou
     I agree, but my concern with this article was with vendors who call themselves "open source" and deliver proprietary.
   • Evan Prodromou (evan)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-2012 14:20:47 EST Evan Prodromou

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     • Simon Phipps
     Yeah, I know.
   • Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Wednesday, 28-Nov-2012 23:46:08 EST Joshua Judson Rosen

     • Evan Prodromou
     "To what extent are end users represented in the development team?" is a exactly the sentence I've been trying to formulate for ages, to help explain the value in #FOSS. Thank you, @evan.