begin quoting Todd Walton as of Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 06:13:01PM -0500: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 5:55 PM, SJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Having no options is not more freedom than having more options. > > There's probably an argument there.
It's been argued that open-source has killed the market for software development tools. > > Nothing wrong with programmers making a decent wage as programmers. > > With the implication that programmers who write GPL'd code don't make > a decent wage? Why do so many programmers choose to do it? Most of the programmers I have met do not make a _living_ writing GPL software; they do it on the side, they do it for fun, they're students or professors, or they do it for an employer who makes money in other ways. > > The GPL discourages* businesses from producing software > > Hello, 1987? This is 2008 calling... Just wanted to let you know > that the Internet strikes it big, our President's father was also a > President, terrorists changed the world a few years ago, and we're > nowhere near dependent on businesses to produce software. These > things may shock you, but just you wait. Hello, 2008? 1998's business model was bogus. You can't spend money to give stuff away and still make money. Voodoo does _not_ work! Wake up and look around, and stop begging VCs for funding, it's pathetic. -- One argument is that academia might be the best place for software development. Stewart Stremler -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
