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Message-ID: | <37D68324.2490FCFA@unb.ca> |
From: | Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca> |
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Subject: | Re: WARNING: DOS is about to die. |
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Date: | Wed, 08 Sep 1999 15:43:35 GMT |
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Eli Zaretskii wrote: > On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Endlisnis wrote: > > > But, then how could they charge money for it, when you could get the > > sources yourself? > That's the usual argument against free software in general. As others > have written elsewhere, and as life itself proves, this argument is not > really valid. For example, Cygnus is one company that lives well selling > software whose sources are free to download. > > In a nutshell, access to sources doesn't necessarily mean that everybody > will want to start their own development based on that source. Most > people will still need binaries, support for solving problems, etc. I agree with what you say, but I don't think that MS does. I doubt they would every allow any current code to the public without extensive monatary compensation. -- (\/) Endlisnis (\/) s257m AT unb DOT ca Endlisnis AT HotMail DOT com ICQ: 32959047
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