"A Contrarian View of Open Source"

From: Bruce Sterling [bruces@well.com]
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 5:46 PM
Subject: Viridian Note 00325: Open Source Speech
Key concepts: O'Reilly Open Source convention, computation, free software, Linux, spam, viruses, means of software production, social organization, Disney, Microsoft, Richard Stallman, Lawrence Lessig, information economics
Attention Conservation Notice: Over 5,400 words of diffuse Papal-Imperial ranting to a restive audience of Linux freaks.
Links: I was there. http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/

Open-Source Biology And Its Impact on Industry

By Robert Carlson, The Molecular Sciences Institute
In 50 years, you may be reading IEEE Spectrum on a leaf. The page will not actually look like a leaf, but it will be grown like a leaf. It will be designed for its function, and it will be alive. The leaf will be the product of intentional biological design and manufacturing.