Re: Free software in business (was maddog speaks)

[Paul Lussier]

In a message dated: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:04:29 PDT
"jim t.p. ryan" said:

>Ok, I think I see your point.  So, if Microsoft were to release all their code
> to public domaing aka open source, and just sell the support for it, and if t
>hey had made the same amount of money doing this, then they would be OK people
>?  In other words it's not the gobs of money but what they sold?

No, it's that what they sold is garbage, their support sucks, and they have 
yet to actually innovate *ANYTHING*.  Rather, they steal ideas, products, 
code, force competition out of the market with bullying tactics, etc. that we 
don't agree with.  They've set computer science back about 10+ years, they've 
cost millions of dollars of loss or damage to companies through their pathetic 
OS and application design, and when confronted with it, they deny it's their 
fault.

I could go on and on, but I'm sure you've heard it all before.
-- 
Seeya,
Paul
----
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             I meet lots of interesting people that way."
                                          Niall Kavanagh, 10 April, 2000

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