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Michel BauwensIn the end, Lanier really doesn't provide any compelling evidence to support his claim that adoption of community-driven processes hinders creativity.
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10 Jan 08
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Jaron Lanier
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asserting that the model isn't conducive to radical innovation.
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what he perceived as descent into mob mentality.
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points out that anonymity tends to foster abusive attitudes and that a collective of anonymous people can easily become a brutish gang.
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Obviously, corporations that make closed-source software are also collectives and are just as susceptible to the same exact negative tendencies.
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I don't think it is possible to operate or innovate in complete isolation.
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The ability to freely reuse existing components promotes innovation by enabling independent developers to focus on adding new features and experimenting with new ideas rather than having to start from the ground floor or simply accept the limitations inherent in software that they cannot modify.
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Lanier is trying to build an argument against open source on the basis of something that isn't exclusive to open source.
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specific examples of closed-source innovation that Lanier chose to defend his argument.
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are built with open-source software
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Many companies are building innovative new technologies on top of a foundation of open source software.
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