Re: [videoblogging] Re: Adam Curry on GeekBrief.tv

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:14:34 -0700

Hello,

On 4/5/06, Casey McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- In [email protected], "Andreas Haugstrup"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> And I'm telling you that businessmen who pursue this trategy usually
have
> a product they know is subpar. After all if the product was fine they
> would be able to defend it.

If you programmed software that would make you a billionaire, would
you give away the code so that everyone can benefit on your unique
idea?  I don't think so.


Actually alot of people do it.  (Myself included.)

It's call Free and Open Source software.

Some examples include:
This is an extremely incomplete list since there are MILLIONS of Free and Open Source software packages out there.  (You may very well be using Free and Open Source software and not even realize it.)  The Internet would NOT exist if it weren't for Free and Open Source software.

See http://fsf.org/ for more info (although it's probably more geared towards programmers, software engineers, and computer scientists).

(And just to say it explicitly, you can make alot of money even if you make Free and Open Source software.)


See ya


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