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...

2001-02-21 Thread Alex Fernández
Hi Ceki! Long mail follows. Ceki Glc 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-property

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 Glc 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

RE: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-21 Thread Green, Alan
Ceki Glc 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 attributed to

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

Re: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-18 Thread Doug Davis
"They were pursuing their own happiness without regard to revenue generation or market share. What could be more American than that?" hmm, doesn't sound American to me - sounds more like socialism. Not that I agree or disagree with MS - but those lines are just wrong. American == Capitalism ==

RE: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-18 Thread David Duddleston
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 generation or market share. What could b

RE: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-18 Thread Nael Mohammad
How Ironic, the very thing that Microsoft conveyed during anti trust trials, which is "innovation" and government intervention would only stifle it, apparently does not apply to us I guessed? -Original Message- From: Pier P. Fumagalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, February