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Fishy Geeks [PhotoTravel]

After a full day of lectures yesterday (as well as my opening keynote), the Geek Cruisers have had a rest day in Grand Cayman. I spent a short time ashore (long enough to get a t-shirt). The island is very flat, surrounded by reefs - apparently one of the world's best diving spots, so I went snorkelling (hence the fish). Around the port is one big knot of tourist stuff, not terribly appealing. In the evening I led a group discussion which mainly focussed on the business dimension of open source - a lively time was had by all and we over-ran a little.

I think more should be said on this topic in public; there are still too many people who think that free as in beer is the (only) important thing about open source. I've written a paper on the subject, but as one delegate pointed out practical case studies and figures are needed to support the hypothesis that iT offers a better development methodology - anyone have any pointers?

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