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> BTW: We are under enormous pressure from potential funders who argue that
> we need to abandon open source entirely to keep Lineo from simply riding
> us down. I expect RTAI in the future will have done PPC ports
> before RTLinux and etc. I'm attempting to manouver around both this problem
> and funder demands. We will see.
hmm ...
I am allways wondering why customers prefer wasting
their money for licences instead paying for
good services ... that�s that basic Idea with linux
and with mechanisms like the web: any good line
of code can be reproduced million times without
any costs ... the good lines will sum up over
time and that�s it!
The earlier the pointy haired bosses get used to
this, the earlier they will understand what�s going
on: if any feature is realy interessting for
any application, then how long will it take until
somebody will reprogram the hidden code because
he needs it or just because he is courious or
doesn�t know how to spend his time in another way? :-)
If the code is too special and only applies for a few
customers, then nobody will care wether the code
is available or not ...
You know that all this rt-stuff is no rocket technology
and can be performed by a small group of people
(or even by a single person) within a few month ...
That�s why Linux scares QNX and Lynx (Ah, sorry LynuxWorks):
They are just jumping onto the open source train
like many other companies to *protect* their invests:
If somebody has published his code long befor you,
then he�s the boss. It�s more like in the
scientific world: publish or parish!
Coming back to Lineo: although it�s a really strange
company to me, they also recogniced the need to
publish their stuff ...
To sum it up: sell services, not products!
Ok, this is a little bit more sophisticated,
but as long as you can�t delete any line
of open source code, time can�t be turned
back!
just my 0.02 euro ...
Bernhard
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