Re: Why is a lot of software proprietary?
On Dec 30, 5:34 pm, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> Because proprietariness turns reinvention of the wheel into a business > >> model? > > > Free software seems to do a hell of a lot of wheel reinvention, too. > > But it is optional. And reinventing a wheel does not require you to > reinvent the rest of the car. > Whereas how is "Wheel reinvention" _required_ in the "proprietary" business model, anyway? ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
Re: Why is a lot of software proprietary?
Tim Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Because proprietariness turns reinvention of the wheel into a business >> model? > > Free software seems to do a hell of a lot of wheel reinvention, too. But it is optional. And reinventing a wheel does not require you to reinvent the rest of the car. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
Re: Why is a lot of software proprietary?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because proprietariness turns reinvention of the wheel into a business > model? Free software seems to do a hell of a lot of wheel reinvention, too. -- --Tim Smith ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
Re: Why is a lot of software proprietary?
mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's the rub. Why is so much proprietary, why isn't there as much > Free software as there is proprietary? Hmm... Because proprietariness turns reinvention of the wheel into a business model? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
