Yes I have but it is fairly unique. How would you obtain funding for an idea which had no IP of it own?
³Do you own the patent on this?² - er no it¹s open source. ³Can anyone arrive in the marketplace tomorrow and replicate what you do?² - er yes. Like I say I love the utopian model but I can¹t see it happening for a long long time. Companies NEED to be able to maintain their own technology without simply passing it to their competitors on a plate. Anyway it¹s no surprise people pay Red Hat for support. Mere users don¹t stand a chance with anything Linux based. It¹s far too geeky to use still. Alun On 04/08/2009 08:13, "Dave Crossland" <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Have you heard of Red Hat? > >> On 4 Aug 2009, 7:02 AM, "Alun Rowe" <alun.r...@pentangle.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> The problem with a 'free digital society' is that people need salaries. >> >> Ask the music/film industry what they think. >> >> I love the idea of utopia but we all know that unicorns don't exist, right? >> On 3 Aug 2009, at 20:14, "Dave Crossland" <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Hi, > > >> What about the case fo... >> >> Alun Rowe Pentangle Internet Limited 2 Buttermarket Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3EW >> Tel: +44 8700 33... > > > This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that > is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you > are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this > message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from > your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. > > > > Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for > any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any attachment, > that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is > required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or opinions presented > are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the > company. > Alun Rowe Pentangle Internet Limited 2 Buttermarket Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3EW Tel: +44 8700 339905 Fax: +44 8700 339906 Please direct all support requests to mailto:it-supp...@pentangle.co.uk Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP
