"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1452301.r0RjIndSyY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Competing with Free
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The problem of competing with free was probably first foisted onto
> the
> | high-tech scene when Microsoft began to bundle "free" software such
> as
> | its Internet Explorer browser with its operating system. This made
> life
> | difficult for Netscape, which actually tried to sell its browser for
> money.
> |
> | But these were merely portents of things to come. The most important
> | free-for-all will be the open-source movement. It appears to
> | be unstoppable.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | But people generally are moral and don't like to steal if they don't
> have
> | to. Open source is the alternative in the software world, and I
> suppose
> | the indie bands do the trick in the music business. This trend away
> | from commercial exploitation is not going to end anytime soon. Not
> at
> | these prices!
> `----
Well, imagine that! Roy boy is agreeing that linux is the indie band
equivalent of the server OS world! I can agree with that.
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