Comments on: Despite MS Challenge, Open Content and Open Source Get In http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/271 pragmatism over zeal Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeremy Browne http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/271/comment-page-1#comment-7661 Jeremy Browne Mon, 04 Sep 2006 20:14:56 +0000 http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/271#comment-7661 I caught wind of this on Slashdot, and I figured you were already up on it. What annoys me most is not that MS would get someone on the committee, nor that this person would push MS's position. What annoys me most (and I've seen this in other projects) is that a high-priced consultant like this would vote on the draft having obviously not read it (even if MS was picking up the tab). How could one representing the largest (proprietary) software company on the planet have not seen the words "open source" in the draft? I caught wind of this on Slashdot, and I figured you were already up on it.

What annoys me most is not that MS would get someone on the committee, nor that this person would push MS’s position. What annoys me most (and I’ve seen this in other projects) is that a high-priced consultant like this would vote on the draft having obviously not read it (even if MS was picking up the tab).

How could one representing the largest (proprietary) software company on the planet have not seen the words “open source” in the draft?

]]> By: OpenFiction [ Blog ] » A discussion worth having http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/271/comment-page-1#comment-7532 OpenFiction [ Blog ] » A discussion worth having Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:50:55 +0000 http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/271#comment-7532 [...] There’s no doubt though that we’re reaching our own crisis point with education in the US, and I’d argue that a focus on the best and most innovative teaching strategies (via open content) holds more promise than a continued focus on standardized testing, which is driving US students away from STEM subjects rather than toward them.  But the sound bite lure of standards, coupled with the commercial opposition to open source software (which continues to do collateral damage to open content), makes it hard to get traction so far in discussions at the national level here in the US.  Still, good to see some progress made.  But perhaps, as with OCW itself, adoption in to national policy abroad can stimulate activity here at home. [...] [...] There’s no doubt though that we’re reaching our own crisis point with education in the US, and I’d argue that a focus on the best and most innovative teaching strategies (via open content) holds more promise than a continued focus on standardized testing, which is driving US students away from STEM subjects rather than toward them.  But the sound bite lure of standards, coupled with the commercial opposition to open source software (which continues to do collateral damage to open content), makes it hard to get traction so far in discussions at the national level here in the US.  Still, good to see some progress made.  But perhaps, as with OCW itself, adoption in to national policy abroad can stimulate activity here at home. [...]

]]> By: TheBizofKnowledge http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/271/comment-page-1#comment-7476 TheBizofKnowledge Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:17:02 +0000 http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/271#comment-7476 I've not been following this story at all... can you tell me what is the difference between "open content" and "open source"? I've always been under the impression that the two terms could be used interchangeably, but clearly that's wrong. I’ve not been following this story at all… can you tell me what is the difference between “open content” and “open source”? I’ve always been under the impression that the two terms could be used interchangeably, but clearly that’s wrong.

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