On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 11:38 AM, Magnus wrote:

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Eager not because it is open source, but because it is a free license so the solution can scale without additional licensing costs. Tracking your licensing obligations in a Microsoft shop can just about be a full time job, so legitimate businesspeople are relieved to have an option that removes this burden of software auditing from their shoulders.

* one of the nicest benefits of working with GNU/Linux and Open Source.


I've not gotten the slightest indication in most cases that the Open Source aspects of Free Software are in any way a motivating factor. I mean after all, what is an accountant going to do with the source code to the Linux kernel? A doctor? A real estate agency? They could care less about the source.

* and the one that SCO is so interested in taking away from the community.


(above based upon SCO employee anti-protest signs; like "I don't pay for my music. I didn't pay for my OS. And I'm not ever planning to." or something to that effect - as i am unable to locate the Provo LUG page with those images from their protest.)

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