| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Thomas Good <tomg(at)q8(dot)nrnet(dot)org> |
| Cc: | amy cheng <amycq(at)hotmail(dot)com>, CHUETTL(at)ahorn(dot)sgh(dot)uunet(dot)de, "PostgreSQL::General List" <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, pgsql-novice(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, Dieter Simader <dsimader(at)telusplanet(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: [GENERAL] Re: [NOVICE] next steps |
| Date: | 1999-10-31 13:16:54 |
| Message-ID: | 199910311316.IAA29886@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, amy cheng wrote:
>
> > I'm considering to persuade my boss in making the scheduler project I'm
> > doing as a GPL, just like the accounting one. any ideas?
>
> Well, I'm not sure what sort of ideas you are looking for --- if you
> need ammunition to convince your boss you could use my arguments to
> my boss:
>
> 1) Writing non-free software is not an ethically legitimate activity...
> (Paraphrase of Richard Stallman)
Huh?
>
> 2) There is money in personalised tech support contracts - which is
> a legitimate activity! ;-)
>
> 3) Giving away code on the web is a hook that oftens catches customers
> for other goods and services. Goodwill does help businesses grow...
Very true. That is how a good company becomes a great company. You
can't put a price on goodwill, but it can save your business.
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