In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Rogelio Serrano" writes: > On 5/16/06, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So ... 'free hardware' is a selling point. But I also acknowledge that > > a company needs to protect it's proprietary edge if it is investing in > > card or chip production. There are a number of well-defined strategies > > for implementing that balance though: license-delay schemes, proprietary > > enhancements (but with a solid free-licensed reference design), etc. > > You have to remember that the first pc was totally open. And a lot of > people earned a big pile of money.
And also remember that the Apple ][ was open and sold well. The Mac was closed, and sales fell off. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
