At 26 Jan 2009 00:32:24 GMT Rockinghorse Winner <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Rjack had the audacity to say that: > > > Rjack wrote: > > > > From the findings of fact in US v. Microsoft (1998) > > > > http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/cases/f3800/msjudgex.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Open-Source Applications Development > > > > Seems to me that the open source business models are an abject > > failure compared to proprietary models. > > > > Sincerely, > > Rjack :) > > > > As a business model, I must concur. As a model for innovation and quality, > it has simply run circles around Windows. Right. In many senses, *there is no business model* that really works well for *software*. You either get a monopoly (eg Microsoft) selling a poor quality product. Or you are stuck in some sort of high pirced nitch market (eg Adobe). Game software is the exception, since it is emphemerial. > > *R* *H* > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows [email protected] -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
