Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again) To : comp.programming From : mschaef Date : Tue Sep 27 2005 01:42 pm In article <4tuij1tsgdncd02k0vkvdvo7hfia6tkohr@4ax.com>, Chris Sonnack wrote: >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. No... but they'll drop it for totally different reasons, which the buyer may or may not find agreeable. It's not like discontinued and/or unsupported commercial software is hard to find. >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. They only have material leverage when the seller is trying to sell something else. -Mike -- http://www.mschaef.com .