Open09 - what next?
As the second day of Open09 closes in a (somewhat muted) panel session, what has come out of this?
For me, every session seemed to point towards greater need for collaboration within and across sectors. Creative people, whether artists, coders or web designers, need to let go of the fear of losing control of their ideas, or having them stolen.
There are risks, but the potential benefits for individuals & micro-businesses of sharing ideas, and trying to build on them together are huge.
This is best shown by the success of Free & Open Source software. Projects like Debian GNU/Linux (the foundation on which Ubuntu is built), comes from open sharing with big companies like HP, local governemnts like Extremadura, and small companies and individual programmers.
Network Effect
Techies have the advantage that since the advent of the Internet they’ve collaborated online. Now the whole world’s doing it, so what’s stopping creative people following the Free Software model? No, really, what’s stopping them?
Let me know why you’re not collaborating more. We can only break down the barriers to change if we know where they are.
November 17th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
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