22 Jun
2003
22 Jun
'03
9:15 p.m.
Software would remain open-source. But the assumption
is if you are
willing to part with the freedoms Linux and other GNU OS's offer, and
pay for a costlier system, as well as a bunch of shrink-wrapped apps,
then you might as well pay for the oss apps and help the oss community.
No one would switch to Apache in the first place were it not better than
the closed-source solutions. By the same token if I have a killer audio
app, they would either pay for it for their OS or switch to Linux or any
other oss OS and enjoy the freedom. It's a bit pushy tactics, but that's
exactly what our competition is doing, and doing it rather well.
Do we want to _become_ what our "competition" is? I don't think so. I
don't like pushy tactics. We are (by some measure) successsfull because
we are not like the "competition".
you don't
put a 'no gurls allowed' sign on your clubhouse and then
complain about how no hot chicks ever show up. (ohhh that was probably
offensive, but i think it's a fantastic metaphor ... for something).
Wrong analogy. To use your context (as funny as it seems :-), I would
put 'no gurls allowed without paying' on a clubhouse that has a
covercharge. Then, next to it would be a clubhouse that is free for both
boys and girls. Pop quiz: Where would the girls go?