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By analyzing both talks, it can be seen that the speakers share similar views on open source in terms of the value of contributions made by other developers. Al gave praise to Daniel Hodgin for his contributions and Khalid expressed his gratitude to contributors which have fixed bugs and resolved compatibility issues in his applications. During my time in the open source development course at Seneca College, I have read, heard and watched an assortment of different open source related material. I believe both speakers analyzed here have congenial views on open source development compared to the material covered in the class. Therefore my views on open source were bolstered by the message of the speakers rather than challenged.
Both Al and Khalid have reinforced my views on open source development by solidifying the truths in Eric Raymond's "Cathedral and the Bazaar". Firstly, there are always other developers more qualified to implement a particular feature in an application than yourself. Secondly, once you have lost interest in a program, be sure to hand it off to another programmer. By following these rules, both individuals can benefit. Looking at these two aphorisms , it is evident open source is indeed fundamentally different than closed source development. It was reassuring that I found both speakers to have practised the proverbs created by Eric Raymond because it demonstrates theory put into practise. However I am certain I would have found the same thing if I had been present in the other talks. All the speakers at this year's FSOSS presented a vast number of interesting topics and demonstrated very impressive cutting-edge tools useful to solve real world problems. I learned a great deal of things, reunited with old classmates and had a lot of fun. I look forward to attending Seneca's FSOSS 2010. It will be interesting to revisit the talks of 2009 and compare how things have changed in [http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/2010/ 2010].