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carlton@scws8.harvard.edu (david carlton) writes:

> In article <6oT7kB1w164w@mantis.co.uk>, jonathan@mantis.co.uk (Jonathan Egre'
> 
> > I agree that GPL-style free software has its place, but I definitely don't
> > think that it is the answer to everything.  I don't think *anybody* could
> > have written the product that we at Mantis are developing without charging
> > serious amounts of money for it (which seems to preclude the GPL), for
> > example.  
> 
> What is this product, and what is it about the product that you think
> makes your statement true?

I think the most I can say about our product in public at this stage is that
we have invested a lot of time into it, but it has a very small market from
which to recover our investment.  (When I say "small market" I mean that only
something like 100 or so companies in the world could use our product even
if we gave it away.)

If you think that we could recover our investment for this type of vertical 
market product using the GPL then you are welcome to suggest how, though it
won't change anything anyway since I am not making the decision.

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