I heartily recommend it. They've done well.
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 05/30/2006 11:51:59 AM PDT by N3WBI3
No I'm just aware that most open source programmers who are getting paid to program work for software companies, and not banks like you dream in your fantasy. Many of them don't tell their paying employer about it either, and are actually stealing the time they contribute. Wake up to the facts pal.
Hilarious, coming from the political science student who posts BS as fact constantly. Just a day or so ago you were insisting only hardware could be emulated, what new idiocies do you have on tap for us today?
Speaking of "facts", where did you find this gem? Got a source?
Face it, Open Source is good for business. I know you won't face it, you enjoy being FR's resident jackass, but there it is.
Ivan
No it's mostly good for those that live outside the US, such as yourself, since it allows you to use foreign clones of our software for free, instead of having to buy the original products owned by American companies.
I know that my company depends on it. All our products are built on top of Linux--and we're the market leader in our industry.
I doubt all your products use linux, what's the name?
And no, I won't provide the name--for the same reasons you wouldn't provide your company name.
s/run linux/run on linux/
I've said countless times I work for the US Department of Defense. If you want to doubt that put your money where your mouth is. So who is the company you supoosedly work for? You can PM me, I won't let everyone else now I just want to investigate your claim ALL your products use Linux. Where I work most all open source is starting to be banned.
No, what's hilarious is that I'm probably one of the few here that isn't in any way, shape, or form connected to IT--and eve I've kicked your butt enough times in the past few weeks.
You use that in a desperate attempt to discredit me, but apparently the sheer fact that I'm a PoliSci (pre-law) major doesn't mean diddly.
As for your spew, I'm sure Mike and I are going to have a heck of a time today...
pre-law, good, so you can donate all your time to defending the mass open source lawsuits on the horizon.
Here's the funny thing. Thus far, there has been no cases in the American legal system. There is no precedent or case law applicable here--so you can't say that there are going to be successful lawsuits.
Companies can try, but until there is some precedent, neither you nor I are in any position to state what's going to happen. Unless of course you're an understudy of Miss Cleo...
From what I can see, the biggest thing is whether OSS licenses are going to be viewed as being under contract law or copyright law, and whether other acts such as Sarbanes-Oxley are going to have an impact.
LMAO! While you've hardly posted anything correct in the whole time you've been here, the level of your cluelessness still continues to amaze.
They are compensated by not having to maintain the software themselves. As an example take Samba and IBM;
IBM could have went out and created yet another SMB suite an then had to maintain it but instead they went out and hired the Samba development team to do the enhancements IBM felt it needed. IBM by doing this saved a ton of time and money and it does not have to forever be the sole or primary maintainer of Samba its an open source product..
Its not the best business model in every situation but it does often work for everyones benefit..
swc,
its not an os its server software that runs on windows.
Or if he wants the big bucks he can fall in love with a pump and dump stock scam the next time a sco comes up...
And I'm just waiting for somebody, maybe Apple or maybe a bank, to turn OpenOffice into something that matches or surpasses MS Office in a way that no one can dispute.
When that happens, well, at least Bill still has Xbox.
I heartily recommend it. They've done well.
Regards, Ivan
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