On 1/25/09 8:52 PM, in article ciidnxnya-_9rudunz2dnuvz_tpin...@posted.localnet, "Robert Heller" <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote:
> At 26 Jan 2009 00:32:24 GMT Rockinghorse Winner <rockingho...@deadtime.com> > wrote: > >> >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rjack had the audacity to say that: >> >>> Rjack wrote: >>> >>> From the findings of fact in US v. Microsoft (1998) >>> >>> http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Open-Source Applications Development >>> >>> Seems to me that the open source business models are an abject >>> failure compared to proprietary models. >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> Rjack :) >>> >> >> As a business model, I must concur. As a model for innovation and quality, >> it has simply run circles around Windows. > > Right. In many senses, *there is no business model* that really works > well for *software*. You either get a monopoly (eg Microsoft) selling > a poor quality product. Or you are stuck in some sort of high pirced > nitch market (eg Adobe). Game software is the exception, since it is > emphemerial. If you are serious about making great software you design your own hardware... or so says Steve Jobs. :) _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss