Paul O'Malley wrote:
>Last week I asked two people what they would be talking about and Barry
>Flanagan answered and forwardI went and asked Doc Searls what he was
>talking about at Linuxworld.
>I cut out the bits that are not so useful such as my groveling 100k
>welcome speech and other such trivia, this is a big clue around where
>Doc sees IT today.
>><snip>
>>>><http://www.searls.com/doc/oscon2003>
>>>>><snip>
>>>>The subject I've been talking about lately is, in general, DIY-IT, or
>>Do-It-Yourself Information Technology. It's an insurgent movement
>>inside companies that nobody (other than myself, far as I know) is
>>talking about.
>>>>Some samples:
>>>><http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6585>
>>>><http://www.ssc.com/pipermail/suitwatch/2002q1/000014.html>
>>>><http://linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7414>
>>>><http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5027>
>>>><http://www.searls.com/doc/ljdrafts/feb04/1-lfs-diyit.html>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>So now you have your obligitary list of reading matter for the day.
>>Hmm.. interesting.. Is there anyone in Ireland doing something like
that and willing to talk about it?
(The idea being the Open Source gives you the bits to make
it work, and you figure out the solution, instead of getting some
other company to tell you what the solution is).
L.
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