Re: street music funding and http e-money

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <F0pDHI.1uo@a2e.de> phm@a2e.de "PILCH Hartmut" writes:
> seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) writes:
> >In article <F0oCx2.756@a2e.de>, PILCH Hartmut <phm@a2e.de> wrote:
> >>I don't understand your solution at all.  The Market clearly decides that
> >>it wants closed monopolistic software and doesn't give a damn about source
> >>code.
> 
> >This would explain why Apache, although a noble effort, was completely
> >ignored in favor of things like Netscape's server, or Microsoft's.
> 
> How much turnover, how much profit, how many share dividends did Apache
> generate?

If by "the market" you mean that free software is excluded, because 
people don't pay for it, then your earlier statement is circular, and
rather ridiculous. 

It's like saying: Hey, Microsoft have 100% market share of people 
who use Microsoft software, doesn't that make them brilliant.
 
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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: street music funding and http e-money
Date: 1998/10/12
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