Tim Smith wrote: [...] > Meanwhile, the GPL version is out there, making it so there is no commercial > market for a "light" version, which helps discourage competitors from > breaking into your market, as they would not be able to start with the low > end market and work up. They have to break in with a high-end version to > match your commercial version.
Sounds like exact strategy by likes of IBM and HP regarding Guh-NÜ- slash-Linux and high-end closed Unixes. If not the competition laws... Sherman act aside for a moment, http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/legislation/treaties/ec/art81_en.html regards, alexander. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
