On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Robert G. Brown wrote:

> > > 
> > > It looks like its true what some says about open source code:
> > > 
> > > A person with know-how will get a system free of charge.

a non-profit can usually get stuff for free  ( even from that corp up in
the nw )
        - no know-how needed for that part

hardware is cheap ... 
        "we'll get around to it support is in-expensive"
        "good support is expensive"

> > > A smart person with know-how will get rich on selling a system that is
> > > free of charge.

only if you get bought out by a bigger fish

        - not many of them around ...  that "got rich" "selling systems
        free of charge"  ( presumably hardware, vs "selling sw" )

> > :-)  Also worth noting -- A smart person can in many cases maximize
> > their personal utility by contributing to a community-based software
> > development infrastructure in their area of specialty.

yuppers ...

c ya
alvin


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