I think a lot of people are missing the point with Kylix.(Not necessarily
here though). I don't believe that its important for Kylix developers to
promote open source software - there is enough people doing that already.
The advantage I see that Kylix will bring, will be allowing professional
developers to develop professional quality apps on an alternative OS than
Windows. Surely a larger user base is more important to the Linux community
than having all software open source. I'm sure there will be a few diehards
that will be against this way of thinking, but surely the more users Linux
has the greater chance it has to succeed?
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Sent: Wednesday, 11 October 2000 17:47
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Kylix and the meaning of free
I'm a fan of the 'You want the source then you'll have to pay for
it' school of thought. Which probably wouldn't go down well with
the current Linux community.
You have to remember that for this to succeed the current 'community'
has to change to include more "I just want to check my email and scan
in some photos of the family" type users than the users that want
to hack and recompile the kernal and create their own deriviative
of Linux. Special to only them.
JED
>>The question of price covers a much broader arena than the cost of
>>purchasing Kylix.
>>.Pat...
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