On Apr 7, 2005 3:38 PM, Grant Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 7, 2005 2:40 PM, Michael Halcrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do not expect this to be a very popular position to present to this > > audience, since most everyone here finds himself in Bill's shoes, to > > some degree or other. Of course, Bill could always pick up > > landscaping -- after all, there's enough extra cash floating around > > now to furnish the demand. > > When I went to see RMS speak he stated this same thing as well. That > software developers can/should make money other ways (painting, > landscaping, etc). This is when I began to evaluate my position on > how I felt about him and his positions.
Here's an interesting link that shows how much OSS matters to Friendster's bottom line : http://www.infoworld.com/reports/14SRfriendster.html I would imagine that many other companies are in the same situation. Thus affecting the economy. They can spend all that licensing money they've saved on something else......like gasoline. ;-) Regards, JOEL .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
