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First Monday article on OSS

Lorcan Dempsey

However, Open Source technology continues to remain foreign to the large majority of computer users. In order to accommodate these users, I believe that the five issues I mentioned must be seriously addressed and actively resolved. Due to the increases in Open Source usage, these changes should take place as soon as possible. They should be resolved before those sampling what Open Source has to offer decide to switch back. [Fundamental issues with open source software development]

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