Remember, Open Source does not necessarily mean, giving it away for free and not making a profit from your hard work.........but I do have a problem when a company releases sub-par products before they are ready for release......then uses its marketing muscle to make the public believe its a necessary and then to force OEM's to install it be default, thus making the uninitiated think that that OS.....IS...the computer. I am not mentioning (Micro$oft) any names (Micro$oft) but I think we all know (Micro$oft) who I am referring too.
Guess I'm preaching to the choir though, huh? <G> But I honestly don't have a problem with paying a fair price for really good software or support. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: "Corporate America" was Re: [brluglist] M$ virus writers are getting clever was Fwd: Internet Security U > Well, you couldn't really call Loki an Open Source company, as their > business was in buying intellectual property and selling software, but > it is kinda sad to hear about the way things went. Basically, it was > just another .com case of "vision" displacing common-sense business rules. > > -Tim > > > Jason DeWitt wrote: > > >Speaking of corporate crap, who saw the article on the behind the scenes > >goings-on at Loki? Sounds pretty bad, I would have hoped for better from an > >open source company. > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:15 AM > >Subject: "Corporate America" was Re: [brluglist] M$ virus writers are > >getting clever was Fwd: Internet Security U > > > > > >>--- Boyd Davezac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>>That sounds about right - "Corporate America." ;) > >>> > >>I used to be anti-corporate, until I realized that > >>there are some corporations that do good things and > >>some that do bad. Merely being a corporation does not > >>mean they are necessarily "bad" or "evil". Heck, the > >>company I work for is incorporated. I know that they > >>do good things, otherwise I wouldn't work for them. > >> > >>But, I assume you are talking about the worst of > >>corporations, such as the current Enron debacle and > >>Monsanto's crap in Anniston, AL. I think we need to > >>start thinking about corporations in other terms for > >>success other than their stock price. How can > >>consumers get information about corporations beyond > >>their advertising? How can consumers make more > >>informed choices? > >> > >>I think we need something like a Slashcode driven site > >>where consumers can evaluate corporations and then > >>make those evaluations or scores available via XML so > >>that other websites can make use of those scores. > >>Kinda like the "Nutrition" panel on food products we > >>buy. > >> > >>John Hebert > >> > >>__________________________________________________ > >>Do You Yahoo!? > >>Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > >>http://mail.yahoo.com/ > >>================================================ > >>BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > >>Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > >>Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > >>your subscription information. > >>================================================ > >> > > > >================================================ > >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > >your subscription information. > >================================================ > > > > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
