On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Crosbie Fitch wrote:
> The question is, does the producer who withholds their source code have
> a market advantage over someone who doesn't?
>
> Can you really undercut the competition by providing binaries only?
Yes. Your choices are a good example of this. Based on your headers (*),
you sent the above email using Microsoft Exchange and VPOP3, two
proprietary programs you chose despite not getting source code.
Clearly you already believe that sometimes it's worth getting and using
proprietary software when there are open source, Free Software
alternatives.
-- Asheesh.
*. Headers for reference, in case I've misidentified them.
Received: by server2k.internal.cyberspaceengineers.org with Internet Mail
Service (5.5.2653.19) id <1NA8TK8B>; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:17:57 -0000
Received: from server2k.internal.cyberspaceengineers.org ([192.168.0.6]) by
digitalproductions.co.uk ([192.168.0.2] running VPOP3) with
ESMTP for <[email protected]>; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:13:28 -0000
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19)
X-Server: VPOP3 V2.4.0b - Registered
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