> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nic Wise
> Sent: Tuesday, 1 February 2000 15:58
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Kylix and other cough medicines
>
>
> > Funnily enough Netscape is not free (is for personal use) Hence they
> relied
> > heavily on
> > OEM agreements
>
> It is now - they charged for it for a while - then they made it
> free again,
> and its market share went down _again_.
>
> Maybe thats 'cos its a crap browser.....? (not that IE is much better, it
> does work 99% of the time, unlike NS)

And then the Open Source Mozilla project came along.

But seriously is Open Source the last refuge when you can't make money out
of your product any more? And is that relevant now that Interbase has gone
to Open Source?

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Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ
EnzedRailWeb Sites
http://patrick.dunford.com/enzedrailweb/

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