Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Chris Sonnack
Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 01:08 pm

Willem writes:

> What does Close-Source Software have that Open-Source Software does not ?

Support and commitment of major vendors with a business plan.  Microsoft
or IBM won't drop a project because the programmers get bored or ego get
in the way.

And when one major company purchases a product from another major company
there are financial commitments in place, and the purchaser has a certain
degree of leverage.

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