Re: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-21 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Pier, I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business. It takes a huge amount of effort to build

Re: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-21 Thread Alex Fernández
Hi Ceki! Long mail follows. Ceki Glc wrote: Pier, I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property

Re: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-21 Thread Adam Haberlach
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 08:35:43AM +1100, Green, Alan wrote: Ceki Glc wrote: I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the

RE: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-21 Thread Green, Alan
Ceki Glc wrote: I am not sure that Allaire is entirely insane. He says: Open source is an intellectual-property destroyer ... I can't imagine something that could be worse than this for the software business and the intellectual-property business. Shouldn't this be attributed to

RE: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-20 Thread Victor E. Medina M.
Hi guys! This is what I think about Open Source being "unamerican" First of all, let me tell you that I am not North American I am Venezuelan (that's South Amarican) and my parents are Cuban, so let me tell you that Open Source isn't comunism, Open Source IS Freedom, in the sense that you

Re: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-18 Thread Doug Davis
Capitalism == Market share == IMHO anyway. -Dug "Pier P. Fumagalli" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/17/2001 09:19:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Is open source "unamerican"... I found this on another mailing list completely unrelated to Open Source, and I believe i

RE: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-18 Thread David Duddleston
Message- From: Doug Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 6:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is open source "unamerican"... "They were pursuing their own happiness without regard to revenue generation or market share. What could b

RE: Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-18 Thread Nael Mohammad
, February 17, 2001 6:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is open source "unamerican"... I found this on another mailing list completely unrelated to Open Source, and I believe it makes more sense around here :) Microsoft has completely lost its mind... http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2

Is open source unamerican...

2001-02-17 Thread Pier P. Fumagalli
I found this on another mailing list completely unrelated to Open Source, and I believe it makes more sense around here :) Microsoft has completely lost its mind... http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/15/unamerican/index.html Pier --