On Mon, 2005-11-14 at 16:39 -0600, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: > "Free of charge" (price) is not the same thing as "free as a bird" or > "free speech" (freedom). > > This article talks about the former, OOo is the latter; I don't think > Microsoft will ever release any software of the magnitude of their > office suite as free software (latter definition).
I'm sceptical about the former since these license fees are a very big proportion of MS margins. I can't see advertising replacing that loss in revenue. Also if in the public perception you get what you pay for, that too will help OOo if MS don't charge either. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMSL --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
