On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Johann Vincent Paul Tagle <[email protected]> wrote: > Using the word "now" doesn't mean short term. Just what makes sense for > business. It won't make sense for me to wait 6-12 months to start earning > say 2M/month when I can do so in 2 months if I invest 2M now. And it > doesn't make sense to change what works as long as its cost is within > acceptable limits.
as long as the price tag is M then "now" can be redefined e. > Yes. As long as it makes business sense. Now you may say it makes business > sense to bring the cost down even more. True, but to some, a certain level > of cost is acceptable as long as there are benefits (e.g. a big company to > turn to). the benefit you cited is not to me. kawawa naman philippines we don't have this big companies. how can we compete then if all of these talented individuals locally is just contented to be salaried by these big companies. > No. Just comparing costs. if you can redefine "now" as not short then you can do that with "long" too. money goes a long way. > Joebert, judging from your posts you are an open source champion. You will > do anything to promote use of free and open source solutions. I respect > that deeply. However, as you said in a previous post "Use what works for > you, your client, your brain, your pocket, your advocacy." Right tool for > right job. So let's leave it there. I watched this thread morph from a > technical discussion of MySQL and Oracle into a talk of business > philosophies, etc. people will do anything as well for money. :) > Suggestion ko lang, open your mind up a little ako pa ngayon ang di open. and people have been defending closed here. hehe. im not always right and i hope you also accept that fact. > - you seem to be promoting > open source in a similar way how MS did for closed source before - e.g. "the > alternative is just wrong/evil". didn't they got rich using that? everything changes e? > You'll reach more people if you don't > readily dismiss certain features as "bling" - just imagine pitching a > solution to somebody then dismissing the alternative as bling, when the > person you're pitching to is somebody who recognizes the benefits of both > open and closed source solutions. He will likely not want to listen to you > anymore. youre still listening pa naman. its all right then. > People like these want to talk to those who either share the same > views, or those who just focus on the benefits of the solution they are > proposing and let the client decide for themselves. if we share the same views will just praise each other. not good. > Good luck in your advocacy. Good luck in your business. Hope you (and Orly) get very rich soon and side with me. Just like Shuttleworth. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
