Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <F0I5I0.2AJ@a2e.de> phm@a2e.de "PILCH Hartmut" writes:
> I think quite a lot of good free software has come from university and
> government funded projects.  Most probably.  And Phil Hunt earlier opened
> this thread by asking for an "open source foundation" with "strong peer
> review"

Did I? I don't recall using those words.

> as an institution for distributing this 1% which could be taken
> from the VAT on computer sales.
> 
> I think the record of The Market in providing high-quality open-source
> information proves it to be even more inept than government bureaucracies
> of the worst kind, let alone well-proven organisations like the FSF.

It's true that the most prevalent Open Source software in many fields
is often better than tha closed source equivalent, e.g. Linux v.
Windows 95/98/NT; Apache v. IIS.

So improving the funding of good-quality open source software is
almost bound to lead to an increase in the overall quality of software,
leading to improvements to the whole economy.

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@@--Phil Hunt-----------------------------Don't fear the penguins(*)--@@ 
@@  [*] Disclaimer: this is FREE ADVICE, and is distributed in the    @@
@@  hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; note also  @@
@@  that this advice may not apply if your name is Gates or Ballmer.  @@

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: Publicly funded software development (was: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/11
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