RE: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-21 Thread Green, Alan
Ceki Gülcü wrote: > I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: > > Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... > I can't imagine something that could be worse than > this for the software business and the > intellectual-property business. Shouldn't this be attrib

Re: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-21 Thread Adam Haberlach
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 08:35:43AM +1100, Green, Alan wrote: > Ceki Gülcü wrote: > > > I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: > > > > Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... > > I can't imagine something that could be worse than > > this for the software busi

Re: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-21 Thread Alex Fernández
Hi Ceki! Long mail follows. Ceki Gülcü wrote: > Pier, > > I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: > >Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... >I can't imagine something that could be worse than >this for the software business and the >intellectual-pr

Re: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-21 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Pier, I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business. It takes a huge amount of effort to build

RE: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-20 Thread Nael Mohammad
"Well Said" and so the story goes MS is running scared and will find everything withing its empire to crush something that is free. -Original Message- From: Víctor Medina [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 6:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Is o

RE: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-20 Thread Víctor Medina
Hi guys! This is what I think about Open Source being "unamerican" First of all, let me tell you that I am not North American I am Venezuelan (that's South Amarican) and my parents are Cuban, so let me tell you that Open Source isn't comunism, Open Source IS Freedom, in the sense that you ar

RE: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-20 Thread Victor E. Medina M.
Hi guys! This is what I think about Open Source being "unamerican" First of all, let me tell you that I am not North American I am Venezuelan (that's South Amarican) and my parents are Cuban, so let me tell you that Open Source isn't comunism, Open Source IS Freedom, in the sense that you ar

RE: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-18 Thread Nael Mohammad
, February 17, 2001 6:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is open source "unamerican"... I found this on another mailing list completely unrelated to Open Source, and I believe it makes more sense around here :) Microsoft has completely lost its mind... <http://www.salon.com/tech/lo

RE: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-18 Thread David Duddleston
ctions. -david > -Original Message- > From: Doug Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Is open source "unamerican"... > > > "They were pursuing their own happiness without regard to revenue &

Re: Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-18 Thread Doug Davis
n == Capitalism == Market share == IMHO anyway. -Dug "Pier P. Fumagalli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/17/2001 09:19:21 PM To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: Is open source "unamerican"... I found this on another mailing list completely unrelated to Open Source

Is open source "unamerican"...

2001-02-17 Thread Pier P. Fumagalli
I found this on another mailing list completely unrelated to Open Source, and I believe it makes more sense around here :) Microsoft has completely lost its mind... Pier -- ---