> For many software authors, yes, they can make more with open source, but for > MOST authors of software libraries, that is simply false. Programmers > understand that releasing their software libraries as proprietary will make > more money in the long run.
If the goal is to make money on support costs and lock your customers into your services - then I agree. To me, that's an irresponsible business practice. ----------------------- Garrick Van Buren 612 325 9110 garr...@kernest.com ----------------------- Kernest.com Free and Commercial Web Fonts ----------------------- On Mar 6, 2010, at 2:25 PM, fontfree...@aol.com wrote: > >I think that many authors of software libraries - programmers - > >understand how they can make more money with free software than with > >proprietary software, which is why so much free software library code > >exists. This is less true of applications programmers, and even less > >true of type designers. >
