"John S. Gage" wrote:
> "Woodhouse, Gregory J." wrote:
> >
> > Another way of looking at it is that if something goes wrong with the
> > software, then there is someone with a monetary interest in fixing it.
>
> Wow! Greg, with all due respect, this is upside down. They have
> *absolutely no interest* monetary or otherwise in fixing it. The way
> these contracts are put together, it's absolutely and completely "buyer
> beware".
I think what he means is that individuals or companies who come to develop
their expertise on an OS product, and end up being (at least partly) reliant
on the user base of that product for their economic survival will indeed
have a financial interest - if they don't stay involved and do a good job,
then their reputation as support/enhancement/config specialists for teh
product diasappears, and so do their customers. Won't hurt a software giant,
but it will hurt smaller dedicated companies.
- thomas beale
