[newbie] Re: Open Source (was Recommended office suites? Now OT)

2001-12-27 Thread David Reynolds
On Thursday 27 December 2001 08:26 am, Gonzalo wrote: Maybe we donĀ“t need enormous software companies to do the job, just idealistic men like the ones moving the opensource world. And if someone offers free houses (and better than the one i'm paying for) wouldn`t you move?? Gonzalo It

Re: [newbie] Re: Open Source (was Recommended office suites? Now OT)

2001-12-27 Thread Gonzalo
I don't know where the open source market is predicated on, but the global concept behind it brought a fresh and cleaner way of doing things not seen too much often since times of consumism, propietary and ownership take over us a few centuries ago ruling our lifes. Yes , it's beatufull but lets

Re: [newbie] Re: Open Source (was Recommended office suites? Now OT)

2001-12-27 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Some of you seem to have forgotten that most of the advances in the world of computing have been made in an open fashion. In fact, the idea of making things proprietary only really surfaced in the 1970s. In many ways, I would argue that this has done a lot of harm. It has led to uncompetitive

Re: [newbie] Re: Open Source (was Recommended office suites? Now OT)

2001-12-27 Thread Charles A.Punch
12/27/01 9:21:17 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The idea of open source is not any different from how scientific research has been conducted for hundreds of years. Somebody discovers something and publishes it. Others then read it and build upon that work. There are few