Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 19:05:27 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Peter Schwenk <schwenk@math.udel.edu> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: license (no longer Re: uptimes, Woo Hoo) Message-ID: <38769B67.45361897@softweyr.com> References: <200001071413.JAA17543@blackhelicopters.org> <3875F6CA.DBCAFA8B@math.udel.edu>
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Peter Schwenk wrote:
>
> I guess I just don't understand why any software business would want to have anything
> to do with true Open Source software. Sure, you could charge for support and service,
> but, at least in the home/personal market, nobody likes to pay for that stuff. I can
> see corporate licensees buying support, however. True Open Source software seems to
> make it impossible to make big money, which companies like to do.
>
> Don't get me wrong. I LOVE free software. I use it all the time. I just don't see
> how ALL software can be free and we can still have a software industry. I'm a dope,
> I guess.
For many companies, the software is simply an enabler, not the product.
The product may be the hardware the software runs on, a service the software
enables you to use, or something else.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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