Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Willem
Date : Mon Sep 26 2005 12:03 am

Joe wrote:
) Good.  So, why use an, obviously, propriatary system that has no 3rd-party
) alternative at all?

Probably because you asked for examples of closed-source software that
make it difficult or impossible to switch.

) So, it was a bit of a red-herring as example go.

It was an example as examples go.  You asked for examples.  You got one.
Now you bitch about it.

) I thought you were saying that closed source apps effectively locked you in.

I don't know what he was saying, but I'm saying that *some* closed source
apps effectively lock you in.

) Hmmm, seems naive to me - but I'm not an economist.  This dogma just doesn't
) sit well with me.  Maybe it's because I'm looking at it from a small
) business point of view (where I can't convince financiers to fund a
) multi-million dollar app so that I can give it away for free in the hope
) that some business model can be found to make money later on).

How does OSS equate to 'give it away for free' ?


SaSW, Willem
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