Que signifie vraiment "open" pour vous ?

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<\/HEAD>Récemment, j'ai rencontré un article de blog intéressant sur KnowWhere <\/A> intitulé "Esri n'est pas maléfique<\/A>". J'ai été vraiment impressionné par l'ouverture de l'auteur qui se présente comme un défenseur de open source. Il soulève de bonnes questions. Qu'est-ce que open signifie vraiment ? Et une entreprise comme Esri avec un logiciel propriétaire peut-elle aussi être open ?<\/P><\/P> Je pense qu'il est bon d'être clair sur ce que open signifie vraiment. Voulons-nous parler de open source ? Voulons-nous dire open data ? Ou plutôt open specs ? Ou voulons-nous discuter des modèles commerciaux open<\/A> ? Cela aide à éviter la confusion lors d'une discussion.<\/P><\/P> Esri maintient un site web sur sa vision open<\/A> que je recommande vivement de lire. Il décompose clairement la compréhension de Esri du concept open et comment l'entreprise soutient les différentes catégories. Très bien.<\/P><\/P> Mais comment voyez-vous open ? Quelle est votre compréhension ? Et qu'est-ce que cela signifie vraiment pour vous après tout ? Faites-nous part de votre opinion !<\/P> <\/P> Cordialement, Lars<\/P> <\/P> <\/P><\/BODY><\/HTML>

Raul_Jimenez · Answer

I wrote an article about this a few months ago... "open" means too many things, but I think each one would understand "open" differently based on the context you use to use it.

You can search "open" in a thesaurus, in the wikipedia, or anywhere else and you will find different meanings. The three of us writing here use to work with developers and startups, and if a tech company use the term "open" will understand "open" as "Open source", that's why I use to say.... to avoid misunderstandings we should tray to avoid the sentence: "Esri is Open", because it will likely lead open a discussion with many people.

I really believe in the Esri Open Vision, which doesn't mean (of course) that our business model or core products are open/open source.

Cheers!

BTW: Google is another great example of company promoting and embracing open source but their core products are not open, their business model either, etc <- and I also believe that Google also deserves to call themselves "a company with an open vision", don't you?.

smcgee2 · Answer

Open source means in my opinion the product’s code is openly readable to anyone. If for example it’s an API, the actual API is readable.

Easy to see why open source is a good. Community collaboration, there’s no hidden agendas and it’s normally free to use. I use many open source tools and products in my everyday life. It’s a community that is, and always will be needed.

That being said. I use many closed source products too. Products that I trust wholeheartedly that they’re done properly and I expect to work.

Open and closed source work well separately and together. Esri has a good mix. An example is the JavaScript API. It’s closed source but there’s plenty of community support available still. Open source projects on GitHub, sample code and Esri genuinely try to help the developer community. It's free(mostly) to develop and try out. When you start to profit, money goes to support the creators. I think that makes sense.

I could write pages about this... But this is an overview of my opinion.