On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Michael Smith wrote:
> larry a price wrote:
> > a. who whored out their mailing list?
>
> I got one about 2 weeks ago... you don't by chance get the Linux Jounal do
> you?
yes, i do, i didn't actually mind all that that much just thought it was
kind of amusing.
> As far as It businesses shaping OSS to mold to what they think it should be
> used for... I think it's a great thing... they can throw energy and money at
> the pet projects that they have and need. Remember, the software is for the
> user... and the companies make money off supporting the user.
>
And so will we to some extent or another, i think maybe my earlier post
was sort of flippant, i don't mind bizness getting into linux/bsd/gnu
whatever; except when it's the portion of the business world that seems to
make it's way in the world by creating skinnerian stimulus/response pairs
that DO attempt to preempt individual choice.
ie. lunch-MickeyD's, OS-McSoft, etc.
> Where I envision (OK, my right-brain word for today..lol) the problem being
> is when somebody extends the core software base and blatantly violates the
> GPL by using GPL code and not releasing anything but executables... then you
> have a problem because that software doesn't age, doesn't improve, doesn't
> evolve with the demands of the users...
I see software as a fashion industry, it's trend driven, intensely social,
the actual material is cheap, it's the labor and the label that make it
expensive...
> it's up to the creator and where he wants it to go.
twas always thus.
--larry
