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title: A Surprise Quiz
date: 2007-01-17T05:21:13Z
modified: 2007-01-17T05:21:13Z
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categories:
  - Emerging Technologies
  - Open Source
  - Platforms
timestamp: 2007-01-17T05:21:13Z
tags:
  - Emerging Technologies
  - Open Source
  - Platforms
---

Do not open the test booklet until instructed to do so. Take out your pencils and read the question silently while I read it aloud to you. You will be graded on the completeness and accuracy of your answers, and spelling counts.

You may begin now.

1. Does binary compatibility matter as much as we [think it does](http://ianmurdock.com/?p=400)?
2. Should kernel level instrumentation applications have the ability to [crash a system](http://sourceware.org/ml/systemtap/2007-q1/msg00016.html)?
3. Is the primary purpose of Community vs Enterprise distinctions to [monetize or upsell](http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/two_principles.html) community users/developers?
4. Is evangelist the [right word](http://www.ftrain.com/moving-backwards.html) for the Jeff Barr’s and Jon Udell’s of the world?
5. Is DRM a technology [with a future](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/business/yourmoney/14digi.html?_r=1&ex=157680000&en=05b845e753307322&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&oref=slogin)?
6. Do (non-Windows) platforms need [to be open source](http://redmonk.com/anne/2007/01/08/why-open-is-good/) to compete effectively?
7. Is open source a potentially [predatory](http://ianmurdock.com/?p=401) competitive tactic?
8. Is [forking](http://www.opensecondlife.org/) necessarily ‘good’ or ‘bad’?
9. Are DSCM’s replacing SCM’s as [tools of choice](http://keithp.com/blog/Repository_Formats_Matter.html)?
10. Are we making progress in [solving](http://www.freestandards.org/en/Packaging/Wiki) the package management problem?

Time is now up. Pencils down. Please bring manila envelope with answer sheets to the front of the class.