On Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:09:22 +0000 Rainer Weikusat <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve Litt <[email protected]> writes: > > [...] > > > www.infoworld.com/article/3032647/open-source-tools/face-it-theres-no-money-in-open-source.html > > > > Matt Asay is a professional 'open core' (formerly known as > 'shareware') apologist who is always busy with pointing out that > 'shareware' is really 'open source' as 'open source' doesn't exist > (except as nefarious marketing ploy by anyone but 'shareware > companies'). "Giving everything away for free" is obviously not a > viable business model as there's no return but this ought to be too > obvious for pointing it out that frequently. Considering this, his > statements about companies which don't (or at least usually don't) > sell 'code access rights' should be taken with a grain of salt. Yes, but unless he's flat out lying about what the former Redhat CEO said to him, Redhat is flat busted. SteveT Steve Litt February 2016 featured book: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/key _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
