| From: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
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| To: | Clark Evans <clark(dot)evans(at)manhattanproject(dot)com>, Michael Alan Dorman <mdorman-pgsql(dot)hackers(at)debian(dot)org>, Michael Meskes <meskes(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] BSD vs. GPL |
| Date: | 1999-06-21 03:50:06 |
| Message-ID: | 3.0.1.32.19990620205006.00df4e40@mail.pacifier.com |
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At 10:14 PM 6/20/99 -0400, Clark Evans wrote:
>However, RedHat's business is NOT distribution, it is
>standardization.
Thank God and I deleted the rest, thank you.
> And this allows them to spend money
>on open source _if_ it is in their best interest.
Wow, a tautology! I've heard these are really hard
to prove correct.
> I would
>argue that it is in their best interest now, but it
>won't be in a few years after they have a fimly
>established monopoly.
>
>Thus, your exceptions point to a deeper problem with
>open source, rather than positive support for it.
The deeper problem being that open source MIGHT become
as tied to one vendor as closed source, if I read your
argument correctly.
Well, let's imagine for a moment that I concede that
point...
There's still a difference...you still get the source.
I've got candles for sale if you need some to burn at
your Open Source Means Everyone Works For Free Always
shrine.
- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
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