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Article #1058Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)
From: PILCH Hartmut
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 00:00
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David Kastrup <dak@mailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes: >> Science is also full of people who strive for patents and third-party >> support. On the other hand, open-source software is currently being created >> for idealistic purposes only. Or do you know of anyone producing it for >> profit? >Cygnus, The Open Group (X11), Netscape, RedHat, Adaptec (new drivers >from them for Linux), Corel Computing (with its NetWinder products) >spring to mind immediately. Sorry for just mentioning a few. You might even add Apple (MkLinux). All these live on something other than open source software. Developping open source produces just improves their reputation and increases the number of people who might be willing to buy the non-open-source tangible goods that form their main business. Open Source software itself is hardly a money-generating condition, it is just something that can be integrated into other money-generating schemes. This means that open source software can have a position of dependancy in a highly affluent economy where a lot of people have time to pursue their hobbies and are not motivated by market (i.e. monetary) incentives. -- Hartmut Pilch http://www.a2e.de/phm/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: fea0e,5c442900c2af201f X-Google-Attributes: gidfea0e,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: fa692,5c442900c2af201f X-Google-Attributes: gidfa692,public X-Google-Thread: 10e97a,5c442900c2af201f X-Google-Attributes: gid10e97a,public From: phm@a2e.de (PILCH Hartmut) Subject: Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome) Date: 1998/10/13 Message-ID: <F0s9Cw.7GB@a2e.de> X-Deja-AN: 400929515 References: <F0B8I1.475@a2e.de> <907546762snz@vision25.demon.co.uk> <v8wk92dflo7.fsf@huis-clos.mit.edu> <m3btnnd7pj.fsf@c26469-a.clnvl1.ct.home.com> <v8wbtnmra51.fsf@huis-clos.mit.edu> <m3u31epev9.fsf@c26469-a.clnvl1.ct.home.com> <361ECCE9.A9EEED82@odin-consulting.com> <xzqaf34et5g.fsf@uni-paderborn.de> <v8wlnmnu3k5.fsf@m2-032-11.mit.edu> <m3ww67d60t.fsf@c26469-a.clnvl1.ct.home.com> <v8w4st9619u.fsf@huis-clos.mit.edu> <F0rJrA.3t0@a2e.de> <m290ikshat.fsf@mailhost.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Organization: Asia-Europa Sprachendienste Pilch und Wang Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.society.futures,comp.os.linux.advocacy,uk.politics.misc,uk.politics.economics,gnu.misc.discuss