On Thu, March 1, 2007 11:22 am, Randall Shimizu wrote: > I was up there and saw Tracy Reed, John Robinson. I have not seen Richard > Stallman talk before so it was interesting. While his goals are laudable I > don't think they are realistic. In many cases OSS, makes sense, but it's > hard to see why a business would produce Free software to acomplish cetain > buiness tasks in all cases.
I agree with you. There are situations where OSS/Free SW is a good model for business. - standards and formats for data exchange (including doc files -- take THAT, M$!) - programs that span an industry activity, such as the airline reservation behemouth (developed decades before RMS and OSS -- and the industry needed a Justice Department exception to cover collusion accusations) - school, charitable, NGO apps. Microbanking comes to mind. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
