Most likely Mr. Sharp is a marketing man, professionally hired by redhat and later pirated by microsoft.
gus On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 15:53:05 +0800 (PHT) Manny Amador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's my response to the latest M$ garbage. > > > Microsoft gets tough against open source > > It seems that Mr. Sharp is so out of touch with reality one wonders what > he's even doing in the IT business at all. > > For example, he thinks that with open source, software companies are in > effect giving away their intellectual property and that this prevents a > software company from getting back benefits from it. If they really do not > reap benefits, then why are so many software companies actually developing > and benefitting from it? > > It seems pretty obvious then that there are important benefits to using > and developing open source software. One of these is the fact that open > source companies do not have to "reinvent the wheel" since they can re-use > the source code of others. This form of global cooperation allows open > source developers to save significant amounts in researtch and development > and, perhaps more important,. allows them to turn out high-quality > products that they therwiose may not have had the resources to create on > their own. > > Sharp also stated that such companies, because they are also in business, > "... are not for the greater good of the community; they are also after > the money." While that may be partly true, it is still not an argument > against open source softwarwe. It is actually an argument against all > for-profit companies, and especially against Microsoft since it has shown > that it is more than willing to engage in monopolistic and unfair business > practices just for profit. > > Finally, as if to prove that he is truly living in another world, Sharp > states that, "With open source, there is no way to make more software," I > suggest he take a look around the world and see just how much more (and > better) open source software is being developed everyday. If his > statement is true then why is the Linux operating system giving the the > billion-dollar Windows operating system a run for its money? > > Sharp seems to forget that there are other ways to get back one's > investment aside from software sales and other forms of exploiting > intellectual property. Many of the best and most widely-used open source > applications were developed simply because users needed to get things > done and commercial software just couldn't do it for them. That still > applies, even today. Many of the companies developing open source software > also have other business models and make their money in training, support, > and customization -- the same way many companies did before Microsoft > even existed! > > If this is the kind of thinking that dominates Microsoft, then open source > advocates should have nothing to fear. That company is planting the seeds > of its own destruction. Perhaps we ought to give Sharp a medal for his > lack of rational thought. > > -- > Sign the petition against Senator Lacson: > http://www.petitiononline.com/no2ping/petition.html > --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Member: Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunications > "Affordable Access for All" > --[Open Minds Philippines]--------------------[openminds.linux.org.ph]-- > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
