From ac8a4c0ca30ff09d051155392d992b9e036f632b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: barney-ro Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:53:24 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 01/10] translating 20140915 --- ...Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index 00f6b6f438..daa1168e9c 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ barney-ro translating Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software - ReadWrite +为什么你的公司需要参与更多的开源软件的编写 ================================================================================ > Real innovation doesn't happen behind closed doors. +>闭关锁国是产生不了革新的。 ![](http://a5.files.readwrite.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_900,q_70,w_1600/MTE5NDg0MDYxMTkxMzQxNTgz.jpg) **The Wall Street Journal [thinks][1] it's news that Zulily is developing** "more software in-house." It's not. At all. As [Eric Raymond wrote][2] years ago, 95% of the world's software is written for use, not for sale. The reasons are many, but one stands out: as Zulily CIO Luke Friang declares, it's "nearly impossible for a [off the shelf] solution to keep up with our pace." +**华尔街日报 [称][1] 有消息表明，Zulily正在开发** 更多的内部软件，但实则不是。正如多年前[Eric Raymond写到][2]，全世界95%的软件写来用的，而不是售卖。原因很多，但是其中有一个比较突出：正如Zulily的CIO Luke Friang所说，基本上是没有一个[不用定制]软件解决方案能跟上我们的步伐。 + True now, just as it was true 20 years ago. But one thing is different, and it's something the WSJ completely missed. Historically software developed in-house was zealously kept proprietary because, the reasoning went, it was the source of a firm's competitive advantage. Today, however, companies increasingly realize the opposite: there is far more to be gained by open sourcing in-house software than keeping it closed. @@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ Lead image courtesy of Shutterstock. via: http://readwrite.com/2014/08/16/open-source-software-business-zulily-erp-wall-street-journal 作者：[Matt Asay][a] -译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +译者：[barney-ro](https://github.com/barney-ro) 校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) 本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创翻译，[Linux中国](http://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 From c38fca4f15b4fbef115a3436ea10999101af1d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: barney-ro Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:43:04 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 02/10] translating 20140916 --- ...any Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index daa1168e9c..b513ef2053 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -14,18 +14,32 @@ Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software - ReadWrite True now, just as it was true 20 years ago. +20年前是这样，现在也是这样。 + But one thing is different, and it's something the WSJ completely missed. Historically software developed in-house was zealously kept proprietary because, the reasoning went, it was the source of a firm's competitive advantage. Today, however, companies increasingly realize the opposite: there is far more to be gained by open sourcing in-house software than keeping it closed. +但是有一点是不同的，这也正是华尔街日报完全忘掉的地方。这也正是历史上开发的内部软件始终保持着专有的原因了，因为这是一个公司的核心竞争力。然而今天，越来越多的公司意识到另一面：开源内部软件将会比保持专有获益更多。 + Which is why your company needs to contribute more open-source code. Much more. +这也就是为什么你的公司需要为开源项目做出更多的贡献。 + We've gone through an anomalous time these past 20 years. While most software continued to be written for internal use, most of the attention has been focused on vendors like SAP and Microsoft that build solutions that apply to a wide range of companies. +过去的20年，对我们来说是很不一样的，很多开发的软件都是为了内部的使用，大多数人的精力都放在像SAP和微软这样的厂商建立的应用广泛的企业级解决方案。 + That's the theory, anyway. +不管怎么说，这都是推测。 + In practice, buyers spent a small fortune on license fees, then a 5X multiple on top of that to make the software fit their requirements. For example, a company may spend $100,000 on an ERP system, but they're going to spend another $500,000 making it work. +在实践中，买方花费很少的钱购买license，然后花5倍的精力来使软件试用他们的需求。比如说，一个公司可能在一个ERP系统上花费100，000美元，但是他们还得继续花费500，000来维持软件正常运行。 + One of the reasons open source took off, even in applications, was that companies could get a less functional product for free (or a relatively inexpensive fee) and then spend their implementation dollars tuning it to their needs. Either way, customization was necessary, but the open source approach was less costly and arguably more likely to result in a more tailored result. +使开源软件甚至是应用程序正式发展起来的原因之一是很多公司可以免费获得一些功能性的产品（或者是一个相对便宜的费用），然后定制为他们所需要的，不管怎样，个性化是有必要的，但是开源的根本是使成本更低，按理来说，也能产生更好的结果。 + Meanwhile, technology vendors doubled-down on "sameness," as Redmonk analyst [Stephen O'Grady describes][3]: > The mainstream technology industry has, in recent years, eschewed specialization. Virtual appliances, each running a version of the operating system customized for an application or purpose, have entirely failed to dent the sales of general purpose alternatives such as RHEL or Windows. For better than twenty years, the answer to any application data persistence requirement has meant one thing: a relational database. If you were talking about enterprise application development, you were talking about Java. And so on. From e381c32ecfc4e758fdf3a272633305b0b20b029a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: barney-ro Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 23:48:53 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 03/10] translating 20140916 --- ...ur Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index b513ef2053..e7bdab696b 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -38,14 +38,20 @@ In practice, buyers spent a small fortune on license fees, then a 5X multiple on One of the reasons open source took off, even in applications, was that companies could get a less functional product for free (or a relatively inexpensive fee) and then spend their implementation dollars tuning it to their needs. Either way, customization was necessary, but the open source approach was less costly and arguably more likely to result in a more tailored result. -使开源软件甚至是应用程序正式发展起来的原因之一是很多公司可以免费获得一些功能性的产品（或者是一个相对便宜的费用），然后定制为他们所需要的，不管怎样，个性化是有必要的，但是开源的根本是使成本更低，按理来说，也能产生更好的结果。 +使开源软件甚至是应用程序正式发展起来的原因之一是很多公司可以免费获得一些功能性的产品（或者是一个相对便宜的费用获得产品），然后定制为他们所需要的，当然，不管怎样，个性化是有必要的，而且开源的根本是使成本更低，按理来说，这样的定制或许能产生更好的结果。 Meanwhile, technology vendors doubled-down on "sameness," as Redmonk analyst [Stephen O'Grady describes][3]: +同时，开发者尽量的减少同类之间的相似之处。作为分析师，[Stephen O'Grady认为][3]: + > The mainstream technology industry has, in recent years, eschewed specialization. Virtual appliances, each running a version of the operating system customized for an application or purpose, have entirely failed to dent the sales of general purpose alternatives such as RHEL or Windows. For better than twenty years, the answer to any application data persistence requirement has meant one thing: a relational database. If you were talking about enterprise application development, you were talking about Java. And so on. +> 在最近几年看，主流技术产业都有意避开专业化。运行着定制操作系统的虚拟设备，已经彻底败给了像RHEL和Windowns这些通用的操作系统。最快20年，任何程序的数据保存都意味着一件事：一个关联的数据库，如果你谈论的是企业级应用开发，那么你谈论的是Java，等等。 + Along the way, however, companies discovered that vendors weren't really meeting their needs, even for well-understood product categories like Content Management Systems. They needed different, not same. +开源的道路上，然而，有些公司也发现，有些开发者给不了他们所想要的，即便是很好理解的产品类别，比如像内容管理系统，他们需要的是不是，而不是相似。 + So the customers went rogue. They became vendors. Sort of. As is often the case, [O'Grady nails][4] this point. Writing in 2010, O'Grady uncovers an interesting trend: "Software vendors are facing a powerful new market competitor: their customers." From 2ef0459701b2d042bd3f7f8274b67e34a86970c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: barney-ro Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:41:53 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 04/10] translating 20140917 --- ...eeds To Write More Open Source Software.md | 46 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index e7bdab696b..ef1e078aa6 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -1,36 +1,25 @@ barney-ro translating -Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software - ReadWrite -为什么你的公司需要参与更多的开源软件的编写 +为什么你的公司需要参与更多开源软件的编写 ================================================================================ -> Real innovation doesn't happen behind closed doors. ->闭关锁国是产生不了革新的。 +>闭关锁国是产生不了创新的。 ![](http://a5.files.readwrite.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_900,q_70,w_1600/MTE5NDg0MDYxMTkxMzQxNTgz.jpg) -**The Wall Street Journal [thinks][1] it's news that Zulily is developing** "more software in-house." It's not. At all. As [Eric Raymond wrote][2] years ago, 95% of the world's software is written for use, not for sale. The reasons are many, but one stands out: as Zulily CIO Luke Friang declares, it's "nearly impossible for a [off the shelf] solution to keep up with our pace." -**华尔街日报 [称][1] 有消息表明，Zulily正在开发** 更多的内部软件，但实则不是。正如多年前[Eric Raymond写到][2]，全世界95%的软件写来用的，而不是售卖。原因很多，但是其中有一个比较突出：正如Zulily的CIO Luke Friang所说，基本上是没有一个[不用定制]软件解决方案能跟上我们的步伐。 - -True now, just as it was true 20 years ago. +**华尔街日报 [称][1]，有消息表明，Zulily正在开发** 更多的内部软件，但实际上根本不是。多年前[Eric Raymond写道][2]，全世界95%的软件写来用的，而不是售卖。原因很多，但是其中有一个比较突出：正如Zulily的CIO Luke Friang所说，几乎没有一个[现成的]软件解决方案能跟上我们的步伐。 20年前是这样，现在也是这样。 -But one thing is different, and it's something the WSJ completely missed. Historically software developed in-house was zealously kept proprietary because, the reasoning went, it was the source of a firm's competitive advantage. Today, however, companies increasingly realize the opposite: there is far more to be gained by open sourcing in-house software than keeping it closed. +但是有一点是不同的，这也正是华尔街日报完全忽略的地方。而这也正是历史上开发的内部软件始终保持着专有的原因了，因为这是一个公司的核心竞争力。然而今天，越来越多的公司意识到另一面：开源内部软件将会比保持专有获益更多。 -但是有一点是不同的，这也正是华尔街日报完全忘掉的地方。这也正是历史上开发的内部软件始终保持着专有的原因了，因为这是一个公司的核心竞争力。然而今天，越来越多的公司意识到另一面：开源内部软件将会比保持专有获益更多。 +这也就是为什么你的公司需要为开源项目做出更多的贡献。记住是更多。 -Which is why your company needs to contribute more open-source code. Much more. - -这也就是为什么你的公司需要为开源项目做出更多的贡献。 - -We've gone through an anomalous time these past 20 years. While most software continued to be written for internal use, most of the attention has been focused on vendors like SAP and Microsoft that build solutions that apply to a wide range of companies. - -过去的20年，对我们来说是很不一样的，很多开发的软件都是为了内部的使用，大多数人的精力都放在像SAP和微软这样的厂商建立的应用广泛的企业级解决方案。 +我们经历了一个很不一样的20年，那时很多软件的开发都是为了内部的使用，大多数人的精力都放在由SAP和微软这样的厂商建立的应用广泛的企业级解决方案。 That's the theory, anyway. -不管怎么说，这都是推测。 +不管怎么说，这都是一个理论。 In practice, buyers spent a small fortune on license fees, then a 5X multiple on top of that to make the software fit their requirements. For example, a company may spend $100,000 on an ERP system, but they're going to spend another $500,000 making it work. @@ -50,28 +39,47 @@ Meanwhile, technology vendors doubled-down on "sameness," as Redmonk analyst [St Along the way, however, companies discovered that vendors weren't really meeting their needs, even for well-understood product categories like Content Management Systems. They needed different, not same. -开源的道路上，然而，有些公司也发现，有些开发者给不了他们所想要的，即便是很好理解的产品类别，比如像内容管理系统，他们需要的是不是，而不是相似。 +开源的道路上，然而，有些公司也发现，有些开发者给不了他们所想要的，即便是很好理解的产品类别，比如像内容管理系统，他们需要的创造性的不同，而不是相似。 So the customers went rogue. They became vendors. Sort of. +所以顾客没了，他们有一部分上角色变成了供应商。 + As is often the case, [O'Grady nails][4] this point. Writing in 2010, O'Grady uncovers an interesting trend: "Software vendors are facing a powerful new market competitor: their customers." +这是常有的事，[O'Grady指出了][4]这一点。2010年，O'Grady发现了一个有趣的现象：“软件提供商正面对着一个强有力的市场竞争者：他们的顾客。” + Think about the most visible technologies today. Most are open source, and nearly all of them were originally written for some company's internal use, or some developer's hobby. Linux, Git, Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, Android, etc. None of these technologies were originally written to be sold as products. +想想今天的高科技，大多数都是开源的，几乎所有的项目一开始都是某些公司的内部项目，或者是有些开发者的爱好，Linux，Git，Hadoop，Cassandra，MongDB，Android，等等。没有一个技术起初是为了售卖而产生的。 + Instead, they were developed by companies—usually Web companies—building software to "[scratch their own itches][5]," to use the open source phrase. And unlike previous generations of in-house software developed at banks, hospitals and other organizations, they open sourced the code. +相反，这些项目通常是由一些公司维护，他们使用开源的资源来构建软件并[完善软件][5]，这主要是一些Web公司。不像以前银行，医院和一些组织开发的软件职工内部使用，他们开源源码。 + While [some companies eschew developing custom software][6] because they don't want to maintain it, open source (somewhat) mitigates this by letting a community grow up to extend and maintain a project, thereby amortizing the costs of development for the code originators. Yahoo! started Hadoop, but its biggest contributors today are Cloudera and Hortonworks. Facebook kickstarted Cassandra, but DataStax primarily maintains it today. And so on. +虽然，[有些公司避免定制软件][6]，因为他们不想自己维护它，开源(稍微)减轻了这些发展中公司的压力来维护一个项目。从而为项目发起人均摊项目的开发成本，Yahoo，开始于Hadoop，但是现在最大的贡献者是Cloudera和Hortonworks。Facebook开始于Cassandra，但是现在DataStax是主要维护者。等等。 + Today real software innovation doesn't happen behind closed doors. Or, if it does, it doesn't stay there. It's open source, and it's upending decades of established software orthodoxy. +今天，真正的软件创新并不是闭门造车能造出来的，即便是可以，它也不会在那儿，开源项目颠覆了几十年的软件开发传统。 + Not that it's for the faint of heart. +不是说这是一颗卑微的心。 + The best open-source projects [innovate very fast][7]. Which is not the same as saying anyone will care about your open-source code. There are [significant pros and cons to open sourcing your code][8]. But one massive "pro" is that the best developers want to work on open code: if you need to hire quality developers, you need to give them an open source outlet for their work. (Just [ask Netflix][9].) +最好的开源项目[发展得很快][7]，这并不意味着有人在乎你的开源代码。[开放你的源码有显著的优缺点][8]，其中一个很重要的优点是很多伟大的开发者都希望为开源做出贡献：如果你也想找一个伟大的开发者，你需要给他们一个开放的源代码来让他们工作。（去[问Netflix][9]） + But that's no excuse to sit on the sidelines. It's time to get involved, and not for the good of some ill-defined "community." No, the primary beneficiary of open-source software development is you and your company. Better get started. +但是，没有理由在一边光看着，现在正是时候参与了，而不是一些不清楚的社区。不，开源最大的参与者正是你们和你们的公司。尽快开始吧。 + Lead image courtesy of Shutterstock. +主要的图片来自Shutterstock(注：Shutterstock是美国的一家摄影图片网站。)。 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- via: http://readwrite.com/2014/08/16/open-source-software-business-zulily-erp-wall-street-journal From 96f65dfdfe310945c14dc5722f0b3c336811e7c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Zhili.Yang" Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:03:59 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 05/10] update 20140918 --- ...eeds To Write More Open Source Software.md | 30 ++++++------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index ef1e078aa6..6cc0967f13 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -17,37 +17,25 @@ barney-ro translating 我们经历了一个很不一样的20年，那时很多软件的开发都是为了内部的使用，大多数人的精力都放在由SAP和微软这样的厂商建立的应用广泛的企业级解决方案。 -That's the theory, anyway. - 不管怎么说，这都是一个理论。 -In practice, buyers spent a small fortune on license fees, then a 5X multiple on top of that to make the software fit their requirements. For example, a company may spend $100,000 on an ERP system, but they're going to spend another $500,000 making it work. +在实践中，买方花费很少的钱购买license，然后至少付出5倍以上的代价来使软件符合他们的需求。比如说，一个公司可能在一个ERP系统上花费 100,000美元，但是他们还得继续花费500,000来维持软件正常运行。 -在实践中，买方花费很少的钱购买license，然后花5倍的精力来使软件试用他们的需求。比如说，一个公司可能在一个ERP系统上花费100，000美元，但是他们还得继续花费500，000来维持软件正常运行。 +开源软件甚至是应用程序正式发展起来的原因之一是很多公司可以免费获得一些功能性的产品（或者是以一个相对便宜的费用获得产品）， 然后定制 为他们所需要的。不管怎样，定制是有必要的，而且开源的根本是使成本更低，或许说，这样的定制或许能产生更好的结果。 -One of the reasons open source took off, even in applications, was that companies could get a less functional product for free (or a relatively inexpensive fee) and then spend their implementation dollars tuning it to their needs. Either way, customization was necessary, but the open source approach was less costly and arguably more likely to result in a more tailored result. +同时，开发者尽量的减少同类之间的相似之处。作为Redmonk分析师，[Stephen O'Grady认为][3]: -使开源软件甚至是应用程序正式发展起来的原因之一是很多公司可以免费获得一些功能性的产品（或者是一个相对便宜的费用获得产品），然后定制为他们所需要的，当然，不管怎样，个性化是有必要的，而且开源的根本是使成本更低，按理来说，这样的定制或许能产生更好的结果。 +> 从最近几年看，主流技术产业都有意避开专业化。运行在定制操作系统上的虚拟设备，已经彻底败给了RHEL和Windowns这些通用的操作系统。 最快20年，任何程序的数据保存都意味着一件事：一个关联的数据库，如果你要做的是企业级应用开发，那么你首先要接触的是Java，等等。 -Meanwhile, technology vendors doubled-down on "sameness," as Redmonk analyst [Stephen O'Grady describes][3]: - -同时，开发者尽量的减少同类之间的相似之处。作为分析师，[Stephen O'Grady认为][3]: - -> The mainstream technology industry has, in recent years, eschewed specialization. Virtual appliances, each running a version of the operating system customized for an application or purpose, have entirely failed to dent the sales of general purpose alternatives such as RHEL or Windows. For better than twenty years, the answer to any application data persistence requirement has meant one thing: a relational database. If you were talking about enterprise application development, you were talking about Java. And so on. - -> 在最近几年看，主流技术产业都有意避开专业化。运行着定制操作系统的虚拟设备，已经彻底败给了像RHEL和Windowns这些通用的操作系统。最快20年，任何程序的数据保存都意味着一件事：一个关联的数据库，如果你谈论的是企业级应用开发，那么你谈论的是Java，等等。 - -Along the way, however, companies discovered that vendors weren't really meeting their needs, even for well-understood product categories like Content Management Systems. They needed different, not same. - -开源的道路上，然而，有些公司也发现，有些开发者给不了他们所想要的，即便是很好理解的产品类别，比如像内容管理系统，他们需要的创造性的不同，而不是相似。 +开源的道路上，然而，有些公司也发现，有些销售商不能很好地飚速他们所想要的，即便是很好理解的产品类别，如像内容管理系统，他们需要 知道的是产品亮点，而不希望是一个模子刻出来的。 So the customers went rogue. They became vendors. Sort of. -所以顾客没了，他们有一部分上角色变成了供应商。 +所以顾客没了，他们中有一部分上转变变成了供应商。 As is often the case, [O'Grady nails][4] this point. Writing in 2010, O'Grady uncovers an interesting trend: "Software vendors are facing a powerful new market competitor: their customers." -这是常有的事，[O'Grady指出了][4]这一点。2010年，O'Grady发现了一个有趣的现象：“软件提供商正面对着一个强有力的市场竞争者：他们的顾客。” +这是常有的事，[O'Grady指出了][4]这一点。2010年，O'Grady发现了一个有趣的现象：“软件提供商正面对着一个强有力的市场竞争者：他们的 顾客。” Think about the most visible technologies today. Most are open source, and nearly all of them were originally written for some company's internal use, or some developer's hobby. Linux, Git, Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, Android, etc. None of these technologies were originally written to be sold as products. @@ -71,7 +59,7 @@ Not that it's for the faint of heart. The best open-source projects [innovate very fast][7]. Which is not the same as saying anyone will care about your open-source code. There are [significant pros and cons to open sourcing your code][8]. But one massive "pro" is that the best developers want to work on open code: if you need to hire quality developers, you need to give them an open source outlet for their work. (Just [ask Netflix][9].) -最好的开源项目[发展得很快][7]，这并不意味着有人在乎你的开源代码。[开放你的源码有显著的优缺点][8]，其中一个很重要的优点是很多伟大的开发者都希望为开源做出贡献：如果你也想找一个伟大的开发者，你需要给他们一个开放的源代码来让他们工作。（去[问Netflix][9]） +最好的开源项目[发展得很快][7]，这并不意味着有人在乎你的开源代码。[开放你的源码有显著的优缺点][8]，其中一个很重要的优点是很多伟 大的开发者都希望为开源做出贡献：如果你也想找一个伟大的开发者，你需要给他们一个开放的源代码来让他们工作。（去[问Netflix][9]） But that's no excuse to sit on the sidelines. It's time to get involved, and not for the good of some ill-defined "community." No, the primary beneficiary of open-source software development is you and your company. Better get started. @@ -99,4 +87,4 @@ via: http://readwrite.com/2014/08/16/open-source-software-business-zulily-erp-wa [6]:http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/roll_your_own_software_hidden_dangers_on_the_road_less_traveled/ [7]:http://readwrite.com/2013/12/12/open-source-innovation [8]:http://readwrite.com/2014/07/07/open-source-software-pros-cons -[9]:http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/open-source-at-netflix-by-ruslan.html \ No newline at end of file +[9]:http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/open-source-at-netflix-by-ruslan.html From 8d106c0d3208e4df01213c9e1e36572701b72fa7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Zhili.Yang" Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:24:31 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 06/10] Update 20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md --- ...eeds To Write More Open Source Software.md | 46 +++++-------------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index 6cc0967f13..9694560e3d 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ -barney-ro translating - 为什么你的公司需要参与更多开源软件的编写 ================================================================================ >闭关锁国是产生不了创新的。 @@ -11,63 +9,43 @@ barney-ro translating 20年前是这样，现在也是这样。 -但是有一点是不同的，这也正是华尔街日报完全忽略的地方。而这也正是历史上开发的内部软件始终保持着专有的原因了，因为这是一个公司的核心竞争力。然而今天，越来越多的公司意识到另一面：开源内部软件将会比保持专有获益更多。 +但是有一点是不同的，这也正是华尔街日报完全忽略的地方。而这也正是历史上开发的内部软件始终保持着专有的原因了，因为她是一个公司的 核心竞争力。然而今天，越来越多的公司意识到另一面：开源内部软件将会比保持专有获益更多。 这也就是为什么你的公司需要为开源项目做出更多的贡献。记住是更多。 -我们经历了一个很不一样的20年，那时很多软件的开发都是为了内部的使用，大多数人的精力都放在由SAP和微软这样的厂商建立的应用广泛的企业级解决方案。 +我们刚刚经历了一个很不一样的20年，那时很多软件的开发都是为了内部的使用，大多数人的精力都放在由SAP和微软这样的厂商建立的应用广泛的企业级解决方案。 不管怎么说，这都是一个理论。 在实践中，买方花费很少的钱购买license，然后至少付出5倍以上的代价来使软件符合他们的需求。比如说，一个公司可能在一个ERP系统上花费 100,000美元，但是他们还得继续花费500,000来维持软件正常运行。 -开源软件甚至是应用程序正式发展起来的原因之一是很多公司可以免费获得一些功能性的产品（或者是以一个相对便宜的费用获得产品）， 然后定制 为他们所需要的。不管怎样，定制是有必要的，而且开源的根本是使成本更低，或许说，这样的定制或许能产生更好的结果。 +开源软件甚至是应用程序正式发展起来的原因之一是很多公司可以免费获得一些功能性的产品（或者是以一个相对便宜的费用获得产品）， 然后定制为他们所需要的。不管怎样，定制是有必要的，而且开源的根本是使成本更低，或许，这样的定制或许能产生更好的结果。 同时，开发者尽量的减少同类之间的相似之处。作为Redmonk分析师，[Stephen O'Grady认为][3]: > 从最近几年看，主流技术产业都有意避开专业化。运行在定制操作系统上的虚拟设备，已经彻底败给了RHEL和Windowns这些通用的操作系统。 最快20年，任何程序的数据保存都意味着一件事：一个关联的数据库，如果你要做的是企业级应用开发，那么你首先要接触的是Java，等等。 -开源的道路上，然而，有些公司也发现，有些销售商不能很好地飚速他们所想要的，即便是很好理解的产品类别，如像内容管理系统，他们需要 知道的是产品亮点，而不希望是一个模子刻出来的。 - -So the customers went rogue. They became vendors. Sort of. +然而，开源的道路上，一些公司也发现，有些销售商不能很好地描述他们所想要的，即便是很好理解的产品类别，如像内容管理系统，他们需要 知道的是产品亮点，而不希望是一个模子刻出来的。 所以顾客没了，他们中有一部分上转变变成了供应商。 -As is often the case, [O'Grady nails][4] this point. Writing in 2010, O'Grady uncovers an interesting trend: "Software vendors are facing a powerful new market competitor: their customers." +这也是常有的事，[O'Grady指出了][4]这一点。2010年，O'Grady发现了一个有趣的现象：“软件提供商正面对着一个强有力的市场竞争者：他们 的顾客。” -这是常有的事，[O'Grady指出了][4]这一点。2010年，O'Grady发现了一个有趣的现象：“软件提供商正面对着一个强有力的市场竞争者：他们的 顾客。” +回想一下今天的高科技，大多数都是开源的，几乎所有的项目一开始都是某些公司的内部项目，或者仅仅是有些开发者的爱好，Linux，Git，Hadoop，Cassandra，MongDB，Android，等等。没有一个项目起初是为了售卖而产生的。 -Think about the most visible technologies today. Most are open source, and nearly all of them were originally written for some company's internal use, or some developer's hobby. Linux, Git, Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, Android, etc. None of these technologies were originally written to be sold as products. +相反，这些项目通常是由一些公司维护，他们使用开源的资源来构建软件并[完善软件][5]，这主要是一些Web公司。不像以前银行，医院和一些组织开发的软件只供内部使用，他们开源源码。 -想想今天的高科技，大多数都是开源的，几乎所有的项目一开始都是某些公司的内部项目，或者是有些开发者的爱好，Linux，Git，Hadoop，Cassandra，MongDB，Android，等等。没有一个技术起初是为了售卖而产生的。 - -Instead, they were developed by companies—usually Web companies—building software to "[scratch their own itches][5]," to use the open source phrase. And unlike previous generations of in-house software developed at banks, hospitals and other organizations, they open sourced the code. - -相反，这些项目通常是由一些公司维护，他们使用开源的资源来构建软件并[完善软件][5]，这主要是一些Web公司。不像以前银行，医院和一些组织开发的软件职工内部使用，他们开源源码。 - -While [some companies eschew developing custom software][6] because they don't want to maintain it, open source (somewhat) mitigates this by letting a community grow up to extend and maintain a project, thereby amortizing the costs of development for the code originators. Yahoo! started Hadoop, but its biggest contributors today are Cloudera and Hortonworks. Facebook kickstarted Cassandra, but DataStax primarily maintains it today. And so on. - -虽然，[有些公司避免定制软件][6]，因为他们不想自己维护它，开源(稍微)减轻了这些发展中公司的压力来维护一个项目。从而为项目发起人均摊项目的开发成本，Yahoo，开始于Hadoop，但是现在最大的贡献者是Cloudera和Hortonworks。Facebook开始于Cassandra，但是现在DataStax是主要维护者。等等。 - -Today real software innovation doesn't happen behind closed doors. Or, if it does, it doesn't stay there. It's open source, and it's upending decades of established software orthodoxy. +虽然，[有些公司避免定制软件][6]，因为他们不想自己维护它，开源(稍微)减轻了这些发展中公司来维护一个项目的压力。从而为项目发起人均摊项目的开发成本，Yahoo，开始于Hadoop，但是现在最大的贡献者是Cloudera和Hortonworks。Facebook开始于Cassandra，但是现在主要是靠DataStax在维护。等等。 今天，真正的软件创新并不是闭门造车能造出来的，即便是可以，它也不会在那儿，开源项目颠覆了几十年的软件开发传统。 -Not that it's for the faint of heart. +这不仅仅是一个人的一点点力量。 -不是说这是一颗卑微的心。 +最好的开源项目都[发展得很快][7]，但是这并不意味着别人在乎你的开源代码。[开放你的源码有显著的优缺点][8]，其中一个很重要的优点是 很多伟大的开发者都希望为开源做出贡献：如果你也想找一个伟大的开发者跟你一起，你需要给他们一个开放的源代码来让他们工作。（[问Netflix][9]说） -The best open-source projects [innovate very fast][7]. Which is not the same as saying anyone will care about your open-source code. There are [significant pros and cons to open sourcing your code][8]. But one massive "pro" is that the best developers want to work on open code: if you need to hire quality developers, you need to give them an open source outlet for their work. (Just [ask Netflix][9].) +但是，我们没有理由站在一边看，现在正是时候参与开源社区了，而不是一些不清楚的社区。是的，开源最大的参与者正是你们和你们的公司。 赶紧开始吧。 -最好的开源项目[发展得很快][7]，这并不意味着有人在乎你的开源代码。[开放你的源码有显著的优缺点][8]，其中一个很重要的优点是很多伟 大的开发者都希望为开源做出贡献：如果你也想找一个伟大的开发者，你需要给他们一个开放的源代码来让他们工作。（去[问Netflix][9]） - -But that's no excuse to sit on the sidelines. It's time to get involved, and not for the good of some ill-defined "community." No, the primary beneficiary of open-source software development is you and your company. Better get started. - -但是，没有理由在一边光看着，现在正是时候参与了，而不是一些不清楚的社区。不，开源最大的参与者正是你们和你们的公司。尽快开始吧。 - -Lead image courtesy of Shutterstock. - -主要的图片来自Shutterstock(注：Shutterstock是美国的一家摄影图片网站。)。 +主要图片来自于Shutterstock. (注：Shutterstock是美国的一家摄影图片网站。) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- via: http://readwrite.com/2014/08/16/open-source-software-business-zulily-erp-wall-street-journal From d3fee6e25ca9a8978006f91ed8f43334ed1949ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Zhili.Yang" Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:26:21 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 07/10] Update 20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md --- ...Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index 9694560e3d..86b4f716a5 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ![](http://a5.files.readwrite.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_900,q_70,w_1600/MTE5NDg0MDYxMTkxMzQxNTgz.jpg) -**华尔街日报 [称][1]，有消息表明，Zulily正在开发** 更多的内部软件，但实际上根本不是。多年前[Eric Raymond写道][2]，全世界95%的软件写来用的，而不是售卖。原因很多，但是其中有一个比较突出：正如Zulily的CIO Luke Friang所说，几乎没有一个[现成的]软件解决方案能跟上我们的步伐。 +**华尔街日报 [称][1]，有消息表明，Zulily正在开发** 更多的内部软件，但实际上根本不是。多年前[Eric Raymond写道][2]，全世界95%的软件写来用的，而不是售卖。原因很多，但是其中有一个比较突出：正如Zulily的CIO Luke Friang所说，几乎没有一个[非定制]软件解决方案能跟上我们的步伐。 20年前是这样，现在也是这样。 From 1fb63fccd78aad1e53c24f21365aab1e88e78ca7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Zhili.Yang" Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 13:28:55 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 08/10] Update 20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md --- ...Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md index 86b4f716a5..23ed4a63d7 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ 这不仅仅是一个人的一点点力量。 -最好的开源项目都[发展得很快][7]，但是这并不意味着别人在乎你的开源代码。[开放你的源码有显著的优缺点][8]，其中一个很重要的优点是 很多伟大的开发者都希望为开源做出贡献：如果你也想找一个伟大的开发者跟你一起，你需要给他们一个开放的源代码来让他们工作。（[问Netflix][9]说） +最好的开源项目都[发展得很快][7]，但是这并不意味着别人在乎你的开源代码。[开放你的源码有显著的优缺点][8]，其中一个很重要的优点是 很多伟大的开发者都希望为开源做出贡献：如果你也想找一个伟大的开发者跟你一起，你需要给他们一个开放的源代码来让他们工作。（[Netflix][9]说） 但是，我们没有理由站在一边看，现在正是时候参与开源社区了，而不是一些不清楚的社区。是的，开源最大的参与者正是你们和你们的公司。 赶紧开始吧。 From 698009d90ad88259b1a578e376ed0fb27961bd47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: barney-ro Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:57:36 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 09/10] update 20140918 --- ...8 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename {sources => translated}/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md (100%) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md b/translated/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md similarity index 100% rename from sources/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md rename to translated/talk/20140818 Why Your Company Needs To Write More Open Source Software.md From 8c80fcfc217294da83f73671e2febdcc56cfae03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: barney-ro Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 22:21:56 +0800 Subject: [PATCH 10/10] translating 20140828 Interesting facts about Linux --- sources/talk/20140828 Interesting facts about Linux.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sources/talk/20140828 Interesting facts about Linux.md b/sources/talk/20140828 Interesting facts about Linux.md index d257f4f2fe..4eb5496d04 100644 --- a/sources/talk/20140828 Interesting facts about Linux.md +++ b/sources/talk/20140828 Interesting facts about Linux.md @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +translating by barney-ro + Interesting facts about Linux ================================================================================ Today, August, 25th, is the 23rd birthday of Linux. The modest [Usenet post][1] made by a 21 year old student at the University of Helsinki on August 25th, 1991, marks the birth of the venerable Linux as we know it today. @@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ Happy birthday, Linux! via: http://xmodulo.com/2014/08/interesting-facts-linux.html 作者：[Dan Nanni][a] -译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +译者：[barney-ro](https://github.com/barney-ro) 校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) 本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创翻译，[Linux中国](http://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出