> I've read that article and tried to forward it to OSS-dev mailing list. > It's true in the area of banking and finance on which that what he was > trying to point out.
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> Joey Gurango is coming from the commercial software developer > perspective, while most open source success stories come from the MIS and > service provider sector. But, "professional open source" is getting some > attention - though it's coming from the Apache/BSD license school of thought > rather than the GPL (which forbids commercial binary redistribution).
But did he qualify his statement? No, he made a blanket generalization. What's worse was the implied message - that OSS will _never_ work (i.e. "No future") in RP. What he said was just plain bullshit and/or FUD.
It's up to each of us if we're willing to be honest enough to call a spade a spade and make people pay for taking advantage of their position to make stupid and damaging statements, or pull our punches because we're somehow afraid of offending them.
Gurango's supposed to be really rich, right...? I guess that excuses him...
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> "Open Source Has No Future in RP, Says Expert" > got the headline on osnews.com
Tsk... tsk.. tsk... I feel embarrassed for Gurango. Now people will start using quotes everytime they refer to him as an 'expert'. :-D
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