OSS and NASA

ONLamp has an interesting article up -Open Source and NASA's Mars Rover, highlighting the use of open source software at NASA. What I found interesting were the concerns raised. To quote

.. To begin with, some wondered why the software was free if it was good. Another concern was that OSS developers might quit the project.

I thought people at NASA were more at ease with the concept of Free software, because somewhere both, the OSS community and NASA, are driven by non-monetary motivations. The mind boggles.

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