haha I guess it's a modern day IT version of pyramiding hehe
who wants to make a commercial version of an opensource software ,
take it into public then dumped it taking the money
looks like the WINE people are getting frisky about this:
http://www.winehq.com/?issue=220#Project%20David%20?
i sincerely hope they really have something good and legit. i
would not like to see the Philippines and its software
engineers (not to mention experts from DLSU, AdMU and UP) get
tainted.
well, we shall wait and see. again, rommel said it best. "if
it works then i will gladly buy a license".
Quoting Michael Chaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Looking over their web page (the parts that are actuall there), it looks
> to me like someone invested a little bit of money in hopes of suckering
> some investors out of a lot more money. Again, all opinion based on
> years of experience, it looks like they're going to bring non-tech-savvy
> investors in, impress them with a couple of applications r unning under
> Wine (probably recompiled with their name in it) and basically part some
> fools from their money.
>
> This is common practice in the US. It works well because the suckers
> are typically too embarassed to go after the con artists when it's
> revealed that they fell for it.
>
> It might be easy to see if that's what they're doing. Call them up, say
> that you're a tech-savvy Linux programmer with a ton of cash and would
> like to drop by and see a demonstration and talk with them about
> investing. They'll likely turn you down. Call back later, drool on the
> phone, claim to have a lot of money, and see what they say.
>
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