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/ gnu.misc.discuss / barry@mesquite.math.ucla.edu / Mar 26, 1990 /
> But, they then must make these extensions---that they paid big $$$
> to create---available to their competitors! Companies won't want
> to do this!

And they don't have to.  Instead, they can pay even bigger $$,$$$,$$$ to
write their own system.

> The net effect would be that _your_ company is paying _your_ programmers to
> write productivity enhancing software for _your_ competitors!

Yes.  And if the management of _your_ company can see past their noses,
they'd realize that it still makes sense, because other people (and
companies) enhanced software for _your_ company.

> What if they just sit back and use your enhancements, without
> doing any themselves?

Then they lag behind you in product introduction.

I don't think competitive companies will sit and wait for somebody else to
port or custom-improve GNU for their iron.  If anything, the problem will
be merging the improvements that will be coming in from all directions.

Jacob
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