I don't believe OSS will ever knock MS off either. It will be a viable
alternative to MS software. It may even be better. But it will never
replace MS software. There's too many corporate types that believe that
price and quality of software are directly proportional.
For the rich there will always be MS. For the rest of us there is OSS.
Chuck
Lars D. Noodén wrote:
> The article, and cetainly some replies, makes a mistake that many other
> similar articles make: MS is not the alpha and omega of closed source so
> the debate is not MS vs OpenSource, but MS vs both Closed and Open
> Source. We get reminded of that every time MS gets caught using illegal
> methods against competitors.
>
> -Lars
> Lars Nooden ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> Software patents harm all Net-based business, write your MEP:
> http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps2.repartition?ilg=EN
>
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Chuck wrote:
>
>> Anthony Long wrote:
>>
>>> I'm curious to know what people think about this article?
>>>
>>> http://hbsworkingknowledge.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=4834&t=technology
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>
>>
>> There are four things in life that are guaranteed...
>>
>> 1) You will be born
>> 2) You will die
>> 3) You will pay taxes
>> 4) OSS will _NEVER_ replace commercial software
>>
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