Hi Danny and eveyone. Thanks for your response. Yes I would agree with many good points. But how many of you are happy with the software monopoly out there? I am not. "Some companies" are charging hundreds of dollars per license (for just copying sw), which is, may be the kitchen expenses of a family for a year in many other countries. The fact that this money is spent in some of the developed countries does not change the reality for me. I am not happy with what's going on. I think many of the open source developers also have this in their heart. I agree that it is fun, relaxing, etc. but if there is anything we can do for open source software to be even more successfull, why not do it? Just like people designed web sites, e-mail lists, bug databases, for better communication.. Why not employ better risk identification techniques. If there is opportunity, why not do it.
Another point, I would like to express is that, in my previous correspondence. I said that "commercial software competes" with open source software. The subject of that sentence was "commercial software". I did not imply otherwise. It is a true statement if you look at the efforts in the past to make OSS less successful. I am a true believer about turning in and doing as best as you can. On the other hand, I see your points too. What i think is, it is supposed to be fun, relaxing in the future too. We, together, should create a model, in which each contributor can make him/herself useful as much as he wishes. The important thing is philosophy, willingness to participate, willingness to share. For example, in my e-mails, I share what I know with you. Some other will participate in documentation, some other will do coding, some for example Chinese friends (just example) will help in translation, some will do testing. Everybody and everything has a special place. Once more, thanks for exchanging ideas. Regards, Gunes On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Danny Angus wrote: > > > So, how come the > > commercial software can still compete with open source products. > > > IMHO its because on the whole OpenSource contributors are not doing it to compete >with commercial software, in fact many of us do this to provide an alternative to the >daily pressures, restrictive working practices and profit driven project management >of commercial IT. > > We're either much less interested in producing a competitor for a commercial product >than producing an intelligent, elegant and efficient solution to a particular >problem, or we're here to collaborate on a product to use in our own commercial >interests, not in competing in the market place. > > Yes? No? > > d. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- *************************************************************************** A. Gunes Koru Research Assistant, Ph.D. Student Southern Methodist University Computer Science and Engineering Department 6425 North Ownby Drive Science and Information Building Room 317 Dallas, TX 75205 Home: 214 691 5633 Work: 214 768 2005 Cell: 214 893 7311 http://www.seas.smu.edu/~gkoru Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
