On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Christopher X. Candreva <ch...@westnet.com> wrote: > IMHO, open source projects don't have a business side. > > Opensource projects exist for the developers to get the software they need, > faster, through colaboration with others. If anyone else finds it usefull > that's an added bonus. But if no one other than the devs use it themselves, > the project has fullfilled it's purpose. > > Adding business value is the job of the distros, or Apple if they include > it, or myself as an ISP. That's why I said before I think the real let-down > here are the distros that didn't do anything about it. > > Extreme ? Maybe, but that's why I use open-source, for getting best of > breed, newest, breaking with history when needed.
Well put. Luckily I read your post just before having to mute yet another endless thread on this list. -- /peter _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
